HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 635 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 630 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
625 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
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WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
625 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST
CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA.
A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
INTO TO NORTHEAST MISSOURI TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL STREAM NORTH AHEAD OF THE STORM TONIGHT. BY
MORNING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.25 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER
EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THIS
RAIN WILL BE FALLING ON COLD...FROZEN GROUND AND DENSE SNOW-PACK
ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE
SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF...WHICH WILL RESULT IN RISES AND EVENTUAL
FLOODING ALONG SOME AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS FLOODING
OF LOW LYING OR POORLY DRAINED AREAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FRIDAY MORNING FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO
THE NORTHEAST. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. BY SATURDAY EVENING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 2 TO 4
INCHE INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE AREA.
LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
NIGHT WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. HOWEVER REPORTS OF
RAINFALL TOTALS TONIGHT AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FRIDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY WILL BE APPRECIATED.
$$

FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 404 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW MELT MAY LEAD TO FLOODING...
.A LARGE...SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM LOCATED IN THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS
NORTHEAST MISSOURI...EASTERN IOWA...AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS
THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS MAY RESULT IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM
1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN MAY QUICKLY
RUNOFF INTO AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS WHERE THE GROUND IS FROZEN AND
BARE. WHERE THERE IS SNOW COVER IN PLACE...SNOW AND SLUSH MAY
INTERFERE WITH NORMAL DRAINAGE AND LEAD TO FLOODING. IN
ADDITION...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE JAMS ON AREA
RIVERS.
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BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA
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.
$$

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 909 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...STRONG...SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH
CHRISTMAS...
.A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT. THE STORM WILL SPREAD A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES OVER
THE AREA. TONIGHT...FREEZING RAIN...WILL CONTINUE NORTH OF HIGHWAY
30. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY SUNRISE THURSDAY.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM ENOUGH ON THURSDAY TO ALLOW THE
PRECIPITATION TO REMAIN RAIN IN ALL BUT THE FAR NORTH...WHERE
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY MIX IN A TIMES. AS THE STORM SYSTEM
NEARS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...COLDER AIR WILL BE PULLED BACK
INTO THE AREA. THIS COLDER AIR IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE THE RAIN BACK
TO SNOW...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY INTO
FRIDAY NIGHT.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA
909 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY.
* FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...THEN
CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN.
* AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION
IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES.
* COLDER AIR SPILLING INTO THE REGION THURSDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY
WILL CAUSE THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE OVER TO PRIMARILY SNOW
WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. THUS... THE WINTER
STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.
* HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICE
ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOWFALL THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY WILL ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* EAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...COMBINED WITH ICE
ACCUMULATIONS... MAY LEAD TO DOWNED BRANCHES AND POWER
OUTAGES.
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.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.  BE PREPARED
FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL
WHILE DRIVING.
$$