HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 312 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
PEOPLE ALONG SUGAR CREEK NEED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER
FORECASTS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AS WATER CONTINUES TO BE
RELEASED FROM SPAULDING DAM DUE TO UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE
WEDNESDAY.
PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BRING ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH
EARLY EVENING AND CAUSE UNTREATED ROADS TO BE SNOW COVERED AND
SLIPPERY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY WILL BRING ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW BEFORE
TAPERING TO FLURRIES BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...
SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM OUR COOP AND MESONET NETWORKS WOULD BE
APPRECIATED THIS CHRISTMAS WEEKEND.
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 247 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2009

...RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS UP TO 3 INCHES SINCE WEDNESDAY COULD
CAUSE WATER RISES ALONG SUGAR CREEK DOWNSTREAM OF SPAULDING DAM
IN SANGAMON COUNTY...
.WATER HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM SPAULDING DAM INTO SUGAR CREEK THE
PAST 48 HOURS...AND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS
DUE TO UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE WEDNESDAY. SUGAR CREEK
DOWNSTREAM OF SPAULDING DAM HAS FALLEN 5 FEET THE PAST 24 HOURS
BUT COULD RISE AGAIN IF MORE WATER IS RELEASED.
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247 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SUGAR CREEK BELOW THE SPAULDING DAM
IN SANGAMON COUNTY NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* THE SUGAR CREEK BELOW THE SPAULDING DAM IN SANGAMON COUNTY.
* THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
* WATER IS BEING RELEASED FROM SPAULDING DAM AT LAKE SPRINGFIELD
  DUE TO UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE WEDNESDAY. BECAUSE OF THIS
  THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL FLOW OF WATER IN SUGAR CREEK DOWNSTREAM
  OF SPAULDING DAM.
* IF YOU LIVE IN THE LOW LYING AREAS BELOW SPAULDING DAM ON
  SUGAR CREEK...KEEP ABREAST OF THE SITUATION AND STAY ALERT TO
  CHANGING CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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