FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 313 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CASS...CHRISTIAN...DE WITT...FULTON...
KNOX...LOGAN...MACON...MARSHALL...MASON...MCLEAN...MENARD...
MORGAN...MOULTRIE...PEORIA...PIATT...SANGAMON...SCHUYLER...
SCOTT...SHELBY...STARK...TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD. IN EAST
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CHAMPAIGN...CLARK...COLES...CUMBERLAND...
DOUGLAS...EDGAR AND VERMILION. IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...CLAY...
CRAWFORD...EFFINGHAM...JASPER...LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND.
* FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
* EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
* THE LATEST SOIL TEMPERATURES ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS INDICATE
THE FROST DEPTH AT BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF
THE EXPECTED RAINFALL COUPLED WITH THE FROZEN TOPSOIL WILL
HELP TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO AREA RIVERS...CREEKS
AND STREAMS.
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 POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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SHIMON
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