FLOOD WARNING
Issue Date: 102 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 800 AM CST TUE DEC 29 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
  ILLINOIS RIVER AT MORRIS AFFECTING GRUNDY COUNTY
  ILLINOIS RIVER AT OTTAWA AFFECTING LA SALLE COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND AND
FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
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101 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE ILLINOIS RIVER AT OTTAWA.
* AT 1245 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 461.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 463.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST AROUND FLOOD STAGE
  EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 462.4 FEET...ALLEN PARK ENTRANCE THREATENED AND WEST
  BOAT RAMP SUBMERGED.
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1033 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1045 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

/1132 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
LIGHT RAIN AND RAIN SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW AND SNOW
SHOWERS DURING THE AFTERNOON AS MUCH COLDER SPREADS ACROSS THE
AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT THOUGH ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF AN
INCH OR LESS ARE FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH THE RAIN THAT FELL
OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING...MANY ROADS HAVE LIKELY BEEN
WASHED CLEAR OF SALT AND OTHER MELTING CHEMICALS SO AS THE COLD
AIR SPREADS IN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AND TEMPERATURES
DROP BELOW FREEZING BE ALERT FOR ANY WET SPOTS ON ROADWAYS THAT
WILL QUICKLY FREEZE UP.
RIVER AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TODAY AND TONIGHT DUE TO
THE RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
AREA CREEK AND RIVER LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS. IN ADDITION...ANY STANDING WATER FROM RAINFALL AND SNOW
MELT WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.
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COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO
$$