FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1215 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS
MORNING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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...JEFFERSON...ST. CHARLES...ST. LOUIS...ST. LOUIS
CITY AND STE. GENEVIEVE.
* UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING
* PERSISTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND
MANY AREA RIVERS AND CREEKS AT BANKFULL. THIS WILL MAINTAIN THE
FLOODING THREAT AS ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL GO AS RUNOFF
INTO THESE BODIES OF WATER.
* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF COULD LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND RIVERS
ACROSS THE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE
POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE
CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES.
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