FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 347 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH 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...BENTON...
BUCHANAN...CEDAR...CLINTON...DELAWARE...DES MOINES...DUBUQUE...
HENRY IA...IOWA...JACKSON...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...JONES...
KEOKUK...LEE...LINN...LOUISA...MUSCATINE...SCOTT...VAN BUREN
AND WASHINGTON. IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...CLARK AND SCOTLAND.
* FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS. FLOODING
OF URBAN AND SMALL STREAM DRAINAGES 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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SHEETS
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 407 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
* A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SOME SNOW WEDNESDAY
CHANGING TO ALL RAIN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
* SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED ON
WEDNESDAY.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH IS POSSIBLE
WEDNESDAY.
* MINOR TO MODERATE TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING.
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