FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 417 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
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...AUDRAIN...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...GASCONADE...
IRON...JEFFERSON...KNOX...LEWIS...LINCOLN...MADISON...MARION...
MONROE...MONTGOMERY...PIKE...RALLS...REYNOLDS...SHELBY...ST.
CHARLES...ST. FRANCOIS...ST. LOUIS...ST. LOUIS CITY...STE.
GENEVIEVE...WARREN AND WASHINGTON.
* FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON
* A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME OF THE
RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS
BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES. THE GROUND REMAINS FROZEN...SO ANY
RAINFALL WILL IMMEDIATELY BECOME RUNOFF.
* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF COULD LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND RIVERS
ACROSS THE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN
THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO CHECK ON
PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS
ALONG AREA RIVERS. STAY INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF
FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.
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CVKING
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