FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 905 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE WABASH RIVER AT TERRE HAUTE.
* FROM FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 9:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.8 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW LATE EVENING AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 18.6 FEET BY MONDAY EVENING.
* AT 18.5 FEET...THE WABASH RIVER EXTENDS TO INTERSTATE 70 MILE
MARKER
NUMBER 4 FROM ITS WEST BANK IN THE TERRE HAUTE/WEST TERRE HAUTE
AREA.
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FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 345 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CASS...CHRISTIAN...DE WITT...FULTON...
KNOX...LOGAN...MACON...MARSHALL...MASON...MCLEAN...MENARD...
MORGAN...MOULTRIE...PEORIA...PIATT...SCHUYLER...SCOTT...
SHELBY...STARK...TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD. IN EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...CHAMPAIGN...CLARK...COLES...CUMBERLAND...DOUGLAS...
EDGAR AND VERMILION. IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...CLAY...CRAWFORD...
EFFINGHAM...JASPER...LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND.
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT
* EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* THE LATEST SOIL TEMPERATURES ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS INDICATE
THE FROST DEPTH AT BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF
THE EXPECTED RAINFALL COUPLED WITH THE FROZEN TOPSOIL WILL
HELP TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO AREA RIVERS...CREEKS
AND STREAMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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BAK
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