HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 545 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 530 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
530 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
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HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
530 AM 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT LATE
TONIGHT ROUGHLY NORTHWEST OF A DUBUQUE IOWA... TO WASHINGTON
IOWA... TO MEMPHIS MISSOURI LINE.
AREAS OF DENSE FOG REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE
OR LESS WILL BE FOUND OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA AND
NORTHEAST MISSOURI THIS MORNING.
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL TRACK FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY TO EASTERN IOWA BY FRIDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
BECOME WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TODAY THROUGH
THIS EVENING...WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY
FROM THE QUAD CITIES SOUTH AND EAST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE
HALF...TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS RAIN
WILL BE FALLING ON COLD...FROZEN GROUND AND DENSE SNOW-PACK
ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 TO 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.
RAIN MAY CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT WITH SOME
ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF A DUBUQUE IOWA... TO
WASHINGTON IOWA... TO MEMPHIS MISSOURI LINE...AS COLDER AIR
BEGINS TO FILTER INTO THE REGION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA ON FRIDAY
...POSSIBLY BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY IN PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA
AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. AT LEAST 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED
FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...ROUGHLY WEST OF A LINE FROM DUBUQUE
IOWA TO MEMPHIS MISSOURI. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA
ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE.
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE
STORM SYSTEM BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE REGION. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS THIS WEEKEND SHOULD BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER
REPORTS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW TONIGHT IS APPRECIATED.
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FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 347 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...EXTENDED PERIOD OF RAIN AND SNOWMELT MAY LEAD TO FLOODING...
.A LARGE...SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN THE CENTRAL
PLAINS WILL SPREAD WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
EASTERN IOWA...AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT. THIS MAY RESULT IN 2 DAY RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 1.5
TO 2.5 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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CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...
MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...
GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...
MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...
OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
347 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS...IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...
BUREAU...CARROLL...HANCOCK...HENDERSON...HENRY IL...JO
DAVIESS...MCDONOUGH...MERCER...PUTNAM...ROCK ISLAND...
STEPHENSON...WARREN AND WHITESIDE. IN IOWA...BENTON...
BUCHANAN...CEDAR...CLINTON...DELAWARE...DES MOINES...DUBUQUE...
HENRY IA...IOWA...JACKSON...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...JONES...
KEOKUK...LEE...LINN...LOUISA...MUSCATINE...SCOTT...VAN BUREN
AND WASHINGTON. IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...CLARK AND SCOTLAND.
* FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS. FLOODING
OF URBAN AND SMALL STREAM DRAINAGES 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.
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