FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 346 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTH OUT OF TEXAS INTO
THE MISSOURI/IOWA AREA BY CHRISTMAS DAY. AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...
ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO
3 INCHES. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS MAY BE POSSIBLE SOUTHWEST
OF INTERSTATES 55 AND 72.
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SANGAMON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SPRINGFIELD
345 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...
 SANGAMON.
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT
* EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* 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.
&&
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...
 SANGAMON.
* THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
* AT 330 PM CST...THE DAM OPERATOR REPORTED THAT WATER IS BEING
 RELEASED FROM SPAULDING DAM AT LAKE SPRINGFIELD. BECAUSE OF
 THIS THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL FLOW OF WATER IN SUGAR CREEK
 DOWNSTREAM OF SPAULDING DAM. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS OF A HALF
 TO 1 INCH THROUGH TONIGHT COULD AGGRAVATE WATER LEVELS MORE.
* 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.
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.
$$

FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 334 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SUGAR CREEK BELOW THE SPAULDING DAM
IN SANGAMON COUNTY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SUGAR CREEK BELOW THE SPAULDING DAM
IN SANGAMON COUNTY.
* THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
* AT 330 PM CST...THE DAM OPERATOR REPORTED THAT WATER IS BEING
RELEASED FROM SPAULDING DAM AT LAKE SPRINGFIELD. BECAUSE OF THIS
THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL FLOW OF WATER IN SUGAR CREEK DOWNSTREAM OF
SPAULDING DAM. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS OF A HALF TO 1 INCH
THROUGH TONIGHT COULD AGGRAVATE WATER LEVELS MORE.
* 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.
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.
$$
KH

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 244 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF RAIN BETWEEN
A HALF AND 1 INCH BY MIDNIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL LIKELY LEAD TO LOCALIZED
FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS INCLUDING RIVERS FOR MORE
INFORMATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AS THE SYSTEM PUSHES FURTHER NORTHEAST ON CHRISTMAS DAY...COLDER
AIR WILL BE DRAWN INTO THE REGION...CAUSING LINGERING RAIN OR
DRIZZLE TO CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES. TEMPERATURES DROPPING
BELOW FREEZING BY AFTERNOON CHRISTMAS DAY...COUPLED WITH THE
FALLING SNOW...COULD PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE AREA.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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