FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 404 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...BENTON...JONES
AND LINN. IN NORTHEAST IOWA...BUCHANAN...DELAWARE AND DUBUQUE.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING 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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WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 432 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT
FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
* THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED AS TEMPERATURES HAVE
WARMED INTO THE MID 30S. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* COLDER AIR SPILLING INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT WILL CAUSE THE
RAIN TO CHANGE TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. THEN
THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SNOW ON
FRIDAY...POSSIBLY HEAVY. AT LEAST 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION
IS EXPECTED FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
* HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT AS SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A
MILE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS COLDER AIR INVADES THE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET ...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY
IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
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