FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 332 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...IN ILLINOIS...ADAMS IL...BOND IL...BROWN IL...
CALHOUN IL...CLINTON IL...FAYETTE IL...GREENE IL...JERSEY IL...
MACOUPIN IL...MADISON IL...MARION IL...MONROE IL...MONTGOMERY
IL...PIKE IL...RANDOLPH IL...ST. CLAIR IL AND WASHINGTON IL.
IN MISSOURI...AUDRAIN...BOONE...CALLAWAY...COLE...CRAWFORD...
FRANKLIN...GASCONADE...IRON...JEFFERSON...KNOX...LEWIS...
LINCOLN...MADISON...MARION...MONITEAU...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...
OSAGE...PIKE...RALLS...REYNOLDS...SHELBY...ST. CHARLES...ST.
FRANCOIS...ST. LOUIS...ST. LOUIS CITY...STE. GENEVIEVE...
WARREN AND WASHINGTON.
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT
* THE GROUND HAS BECOME SATURATED IN MANY AREAS BECAUSE THE 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN SINCE MONDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER 1 TO
2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A
POTENT STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES.
THE LATEST WEATHER DATA SUGGESTS THAT THE HIGHEST RAINFALL
AMOUNTS WILL BE OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.
* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF COULD LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND RIVERS
ACROSS THE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE
POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE
CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES.
$$
BRITT
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