FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 914 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 FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES LATE THIS
AFTERNOON TONIGHT WILL 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.
* 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.
* 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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