FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1144 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT 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...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...GASCONADE...
IRON...JEFFERSON...KNOX...LEWIS...LINCOLN...MADISON...MARION...
MONROE...MONTGOMERY...PIKE...RALLS...REYNOLDS...SHELBY...ST.
CHARLES...ST. FRANCOIS...ST. LOUIS...ST. LOUIS CITY...STE.
GENEVIEVE...WARREN AND WASHINGTON.
* THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON
* SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTH
CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY
AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2
AND 4 INCHES. THE RAIN WILL IMMEDIATELY BECOME RUNOFF THAT IS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLOODING...PARTICULARLY WHERE THE SOIL IS
NOW EITHER SATURATED OR STILL FROZEN.
* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF COULD LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND RIVERS
ACROSS THE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN
THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO CHECK ON
PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS
ALONG AREA RIVERS. STAY INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF
FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.
$$
BRITT
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