FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1148 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009
SOUTHERN HALF OF LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.
* AT 1145 AM CST...LOGAN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED FLOODING
ACROSS ROCKY FORD AREA NEAR 1400TH STREET NEAR THE CONFLUENCE OF THE
SALT AND KICKAPOO CREEKS ABOUT 2.5 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF LINCOLN.
PARTS OF LAKE FORK AND SALT CREEK REMAINED IN FLOOD ACROSS SOUTHERN
LOGAN COUNTY. FLOODING HAS SUBSIDED ALONG KICKAPOO CREEK IN LAWNDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.
REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN LINCOLN.
LAT...LON 4015 8916 3992 8915 3993 8949 3998 8949
3998 8958 4009 8958 4010 8960 4014 8961
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KH
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1057 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT.
* TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES FROM
WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING EAST TO I-55
DURING EARLY AFTERNOON AND NEAR THE INDIANA BORDER BY SUNSET.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN
SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED GIVING A STORM TOTAL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES.
* IMPACTS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 10 TO
20 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25
MPH...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVELERS
SHOULD USE CAUTION INTO THIS EVENING...AS UNTREATED ROADS WILL
BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.
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KH
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