FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 339 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN ILLINOIS...ADAMS IL...BOND IL...
BROWN IL...CALHOUN IL...CLINTON IL...FAYETTE IL...GREENE IL...
JERSEY IL...MACOUPIN IL...MADISON IL...MARION IL...MONROE IL...
MONTGOMERY IL...PIKE IL...RANDOLPH IL...ST. CLAIR IL AND
WASHINGTON IL. IN MISSOURI...AUDRAIN...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...
GASCONADE...IRON...JEFFERSON...KNOX...LEWIS...LINCOLN...
MADISON...MARION...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...PIKE...RALLS...
REYNOLDS...SHELBY...ST. CHARLES...ST. FRANCOIS...ST. LOUIS...
ST. LOUIS CITY...STE. GENEVIEVE...WARREN AND WASHINGTON.
* FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON
* FLOODING IS LIKELY BECAUSE OF HEAVY RAINFALL FROM WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THE NEXT TWO DAYS. MANY
AREAS WILL SEE BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN BY LATE THURSDAY
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* MANY STREAMS AND SOME RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA MAY EXCEED BANKFULL
CAUSING FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN
THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO CHECK ON
PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS
ALONG AREA RIVERS. STAY INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF
FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.
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BRITT
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