FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 816 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...
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...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 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.
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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