FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 344 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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 MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT
* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM .5 TO 1.5 INCHES THROUGH THIS
EVENING 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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NICHOLS
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