FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 423 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
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...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /1 PM EST/
TODAY...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND INDIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BOONE...COOK...DE KALB...DUPAGE...FORD...
GRUNDY...IROQUOIS...KANE...KANKAKEE...KENDALL...LA SALLE...
LAKE IL...LEE...LIVINGSTON...MCHENRY...OGLE...WILL AND
WINNEBAGO. IN INDIANA...BENTON...JASPER...LAKE IN...NEWTON AND
PORTER.
* UNTIL NOON CST /1 PM EST/ TODAY.
* OCCASIONAL RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. MOST
OF THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING. STORM
TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS HAVE RANGED FROM A HALF INCH
TO AROUND TWO INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
* CONTINUED SNOWMELT EARLY THIS MORNING COMBINED WITH THE RECENT
RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE RUNOFF DUE TO FROZEN GROUND CONDITIONS
THAT WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED RISES ON AREA RIVERS. FLOODING
ACROSS LOW LYING AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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MARSILI
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