FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 804 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THURSDAY THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND IOWA...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...CARROLL...JO DAVIESS
AND STEPHENSON. IN IOWA...BENTON...BUCHANAN...DELAWARE...
DUBUQUE...JACKSON...JONES AND LINN.
* FROM 6 AM CST THURSDAY THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS. FLOODING OF
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM DRAINAGE AREAS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
DUE TO BLOCKAGES FROM SNOW AND ICE.
* RISING WATER LEVELS MAY ALSO LEAD TO POTENTIAL ICE JAMS ON
AREA RIVERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF A
FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING DEVELOPS.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 909 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY.
* FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...THEN
CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE OR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.
* EAST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH...COMBINED WITH ICE
ACCUMULATIONS...MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER
OUTAGES.
* HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICE
ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED
FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL
WHILE DRIVING.
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