FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 404 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS...IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BUREAU...HANCOCK...
HENDERSON...HENRY IL...MCDONOUGH...MERCER...PUTNAM...ROCK
ISLAND...WARREN AND WHITESIDE. IN IOWA...CLINTON...DES
MOINES...HENRY IA...LEE...LOUISA...MUSCATINE AND SCOTT. IN
NORTHEAST MISSOURI...CLARK.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT MAY LEAD TO
FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS. LOCALLY HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE
POSSIBLE. 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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