FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1140 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
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...CEDAR...CLINTON...DES MOINES...DUBUQUE...
HENRY IA...JACKSON...JOHNSON...JONES...LEE...LINN...LOUISA...
MUSCATINE...SCOTT AND WASHINGTON. IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
CLARK.
* UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY
* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH BY SATURDAY MORNING
WILL LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG SOME AREA RIVERS. FLOODING OF URBAN
AND SMALL STREAM DRAINAGE AREAS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO
BLOCKAGES FROM SNOW AND ICE.
* FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR THE WAPSIPINICON
RIVER NEAR DEWITT AND THE LA MOINE RIVER NEAR COLMAR. SEVERAL
OTHER RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO WITHIN A FOOT OF FLOOD
STAGE DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
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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