FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 413 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS MORNING...
.A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL MOVE TRACK JUST TO OUR WEST TODAY.
AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM... ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE
MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. TOTAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
MAY BE POSSIBLE. THE RAIN SHOULD DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING.
ILZ027>031-036>038-040>050-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-251800-
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KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-
SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-
LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...
SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
413 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CASS...CHRISTIAN...DE WITT...FULTON...
KNOX...LOGAN...MACON...MARSHALL...MASON...MCLEAN...MENARD...
MORGAN...MOULTRIE...PEORIA...PIATT...SCHUYLER...SCOTT...
SHELBY...STARK...TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD. IN EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...CHAMPAIGN...CLARK...COLES...CUMBERLAND...DOUGLAS...
EDGAR AND VERMILION. IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...CLAY...CRAWFORD...
EFFINGHAM...JASPER...LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND.
* UNTIL NOON CST TODAY
* EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. TOTAL
RAINFALL WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* 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.
$$
SMITH
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