FLOOD WARNING
Issue Date: 147 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST THU DEC 17 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN ILLINOIS...
  KASKASKIA RIVER AT VANDALIA AFFECTING FAYETTE COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.THIS FLOOD WARNING IS THE LIKELY RESULT OF A STREAMFLOW BLOCKAGE
DOWNSTREAM OF THE VANDALIA RIVER GAGE.
ALTHOUGH STREAM LEVELS HAVE DECREASED UPSTREAM AT THE RAMSEY AND
COWDEN GAGES...AND ALTHOUGH THE LAKE CARLYLE POOL LEVELS HAVE ONLY
INCREASED A FEW INCHES OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS...MINOR FLOODING
CONTINUES IN THE VANDALIA AREA...AS VERIFIED BY THE VANDALIA WATER
TREATMENT PLANT PERSONNEL.  THIS IMPLIES A RIVER BLOCKAGE BETWEEN
THE VANDALIA GAGE AND LAKE CARLYLE.
WHILE THE OFFICIAL FORECAST CALLS FOR THE KASKASKIA RIVER AT VANDALIA
TO CREST THIS AFTERNOON AND FALL RAPIDLY TONIGHT...THIS IS HIGHLY
UNCERTAIN.  THE PRESUMED BLOCKAGE IS OF UNKNOWN PERMANANCE.  SO IT
IS EQUALLY POSSIBLE THE RIVER MAY REMAIN NEAR FLOOD STAGE FOR DAYS
BEFORE RECEDING.  FORTUNATELY...NO SIGNIFICANT INCREASED INFLOW IS
EXPECTED ALONG THE KASKASKIA RIVER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.  SO
RIVER LEVELS SHOULD NOT INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY FROM WHERE THEY ARE
CURRENTLY.
SAFETY MESSAGE...NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW FOR SAFE
PASSAGE.
THIS PRODUCT ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND STREAM INFORMATION IS
AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=LSX /LOWER
CASE/
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147 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE KASKASKIA RIVER AT VANDALIA.
* UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 1:30 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.9 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 18.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE.  MINOR FLOODING BEGINS.
  UNPROTECTED FARMLAND BEGINS TO FLOOD.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 350 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 16 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
344 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2009
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MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-
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344 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.
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FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE)... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/?N=HWO1
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