FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1140 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* PORTIONS OF IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...BENTON...BUCHANAN...DELAWARE...
IOWA...JEFFERSON...KEOKUK AND VAN BUREN. IN NORTHEAST
MISSOURI...SCOTLAND.
* UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY
* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH BY SATURDAY MORNING 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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