FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 409 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1215 AM CST.
* AT 408 PM CST RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. MANY LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED 2 TO 3 INCHES
OF RAIN...WITH A FEW SPOTS OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH LATE
AFTERNOON. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ON ALREADY
SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS THROUGH MID EVENING.
DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS WATER COVER ROADS. THE DANGERS OF FLOODING ARE
HARDER TO RECOGNIZE AT NIGHT.
LAT...LON 3639 8997 3663 8996 3663 9015 3650 9023
3650 9058 3689 9068 3692 9068 3692 9025
3705 9015 3726 8948 3704 8937 3700 8926
3709 8930 3709 8927 3698 8910 3659 8920
3663 8936 3645 8946 3656 8956 3636 8953
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FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 600 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
ALEXANDER...EDWARDS...FRANKLIN...HAMILTON...JACKSON...
JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...PERRY IL...PULASKI...SALINE...UNION IL...
WABASH...WAYNE IL...WHITE AND WILLIAMSON. IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI...BOLLINGER...BUTLER...CAPE GIRARDEAU...CARTER...
MISSISSIPPI...NEW MADRID...PERRY MO...RIPLEY...SCOTT...
STODDARD AND WAYNE MO.
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT
* RADAR INDICATES THAT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL
COULD FALL DURING THE REST OF THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE WATCH
AREA...AND ADD TO ALREADY RECEIVED TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES.
STORM TOTALS WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE...ALTHOUGH
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE.
* ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY GENERATE RISES IN SMALL
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND DITCHES. THESE WATERWAYS COULD COME OUT
OF THEIR BANKS...AND RESULT IN FLOODING. ADDITIONAL RAINS TODAY
MAY RESULT IN STANDING WATER ACROSS AREA ROADS THAT ARE PRONE TO
FLOODING...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.
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.
$$
WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1000 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS MISSOURI
TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 30 MPH THE REST
OF TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE
THROUGH FRIDAY.
* WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST...AND THEN TURN
MORE SOUTHERLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND FINALLY SHIFT TO
THE SOUTHWEST BY FRIDAY MORNING.
* DAMAGE TO WEAK OR ROTTING TREES CAN BE EXPECTED. TREE HANGERS
FROM LAST YEARS ICE STORM MAY ALSO FALL...WHICH COULD CAUSE
SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DISPLAYS MAY BE BLOWN
ABOUT IF THEY ARE NOT PROPERLY SECURED. DIFFICULT DRIVING
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WET GROUNDS DUE TO RAINS MAY ALLOW SMALLER OR LOOSELY ROOTED
TREES TO UPROOT DUE TO THE HIGH WINDS. UNSECURED PATIO OR OUTDOOR
PLACEMENTS MAY BE PRONE TO DAMAGE FROM TUMBLING. TRAVEL WILL BE
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE COMBINATION
OF WET ROADS AND HIGH WINDS MEANS HOLIDAY MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
EXTRA CAUTIOUS AND ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION.
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