FLOOD WARNING
Issue Date: 858 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 30 2009

.UNSEASONABLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 2 DAYS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
COMBINED WITH ADDITIONAL MOISTURE FROM SNOW MELT...IS BRINGING
FLOODING TO THE WAPSIPINICON...LA MOINE...ENGLISH AND IOWA RIVERS.
RIVER FORECASTS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT PAST PRECIPITATION...AS WELL AS
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS EXPECTED 24 HOURS INTO THE FUTURE FROM THE
FORECAST ISSUANCE TIME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE. TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.
ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/QUADCITIES .
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857 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY EVENING...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE IOWA RIVER AT MARENGO.
* UNTIL MONDAY EVENING.
* AT  8:00 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.3 FEET...AND RISING
* FLOOD STAGE IS  14 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE.
* RECENT ACTIVITY...THE RIVER IS RISING...BUT ICE ACTION CAN RESULT
  IN STAGE FLUCTUATIONS OF SEVERAL FEET AT TIMES.
* FORECAST...RISE TO 15.3 FEET SATURDAY. FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
  MONDAY EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT  14 FEET...WATER AFFECTS LOW-LYING AGRICULTURAL LAND
  ALONG THE RIVER.
$$

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 801 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1015 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...OCCASIONAL SNOW THROUGH MIDNIGHT...
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH
SOME ISOLATED AMOUNTS AROUND 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.
SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME DRIFTING SNOW
ON EAST-WEST ROADS THAT MAY RESULT IN ICY PATCHES.
IF YOU WILL BE OUT DRIVING TONIGHT BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY DRIVING
CONDITIONS.
$$
DLF

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 507 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 445 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
445 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-261045-
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
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-
445 AM CST FRI DEC 25 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 LARGE WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE RAIN WHICH WILL CHANGE TO SNOW
IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AND WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS THIS MORNING...AND IN EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA
AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON.
SHARPLY COLDER AIR ON STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA
FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND PRECIPITATE THIS CHANGE. THE RAPID CHANGE
TO BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY CAUSE PONDED WATER TO FREEZE ON
AREA ROADS AND SIDEWALKS MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.
AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST
FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT COULD TALLY BETWEEN 2 AND
4 INCHES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED...BUT REPORTS OF RAIN
CHANGING TO SNOW AND SNOW TOTALS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
$$

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 433 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION...
.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE REGION LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE STORM WILL TURN THE RAIN TO A
MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN IOWA.
THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SNOW...POSSIBLY
HEAVY ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. AT LEAST 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED ROUGHLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM DUBUQUE IOWA TO
MEMPHIS MISSOURI.
IAZ063>065-076-077-087-098-MOZ009-241845-
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IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN-SCOTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...
SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA....MEMPHIS
432 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT.
* COLDER AIR SPILLING INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT WILL CAUSE THE
  RAIN TO CHANGE TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. THEN
  THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SNOW ON
  FRIDAY...POSSIBLY HEAVY. AT LEAST 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION
  IS EXPECTED FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
* HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
  FRIDAY NIGHT AS SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A
  MILE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS COLDER AIR INVADES THE AREA.
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.
&&
$$