FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 414 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT 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 THURSDAY MORNING 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: 427 AM 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 DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND THEN CHANGE TO
FREEZING RAIN MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.
* SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20 THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR LESS IS POSSIBLE TODAY
AND TONIGHT.
* 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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