FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 344 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS...IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BUREAU...CARROLL...
HANCOCK...HENDERSON...HENRY IL...JO DAVIESS...MCDONOUGH...
MERCER...PUTNAM...ROCK ISLAND...STEPHENSON...WARREN AND
WHITESIDE. IN IOWA...CLINTON...DES MOINES...HENRY IA...
JACKSON...LEE...LOUISA...MUSCATINE AND SCOTT. IN NORTHEAST
MISSOURI...CLARK.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT 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.
* SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IS POSSIBLE IN LOCATIONS THAT
RECEIVE AMOUNTS NEAR 2 INCHES TONIGHT.
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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