FLOOD WARNING
Issue Date: 343 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST TUE DEC 29 2009

.HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 2 DAYS COMBINED WITH SOME ADDITIONAL MOISTURE
FROM SNOW MELT...IS BRINGING FLOODING TO THE WAPSIPINICON AND LA MOINE RIVERS.
RUN OFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL DRAMATICALLY SLOW LATER TODAY...AS SHARPLY COLDER
TEMPERATURES FREEZE ANY REMAINING WATER IN DRAINAGE AREAS.
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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341 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE LA MOINE RIVER AT COLMAR.
* UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.
* AT  2:45 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.5 FEET...AND RISING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS  20 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE.
* RECENT ACTIVITY...THE RIVER ROSE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT MIDNIGHT.
* FORECAST...RISE TO 21.8 FEET SATURDAY MORNING. FALL BELOW FLOOD
  STAGE MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT  20 FEET...WATER AFFECTS THE LOWEST PORTIONS OF LAMBERT
  ROAD AND AFFECTS LAMAR ROAD APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET NORTH OF THE
  INTERSECTION WITH COUNTY ROAD 26.
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 635 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 630 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
625 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-260030-
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-
625 PM CST THU DEC 24 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...TONIGHT
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA.
A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
INTO TO NORTHEAST MISSOURI TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL STREAM NORTH AHEAD OF THE STORM TONIGHT. BY
MORNING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.25 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER
EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THIS
RAIN WILL BE FALLING ON COLD...FROZEN GROUND AND DENSE SNOW-PACK
ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE
SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF...WHICH WILL RESULT IN RISES AND EVENTUAL
FLOODING ALONG SOME AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS FLOODING
OF LOW LYING OR POORLY DRAINED AREAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FRIDAY MORNING FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO
THE NORTHEAST. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. BY SATURDAY EVENING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 2 TO 4
INCHE INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE AREA.
LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
NIGHT WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. HOWEVER REPORTS OF
RAINFALL TOTALS TONIGHT AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FRIDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY WILL BE APPRECIATED.
$$

FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 347 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...EXTENDED PERIOD OF RAIN AND SNOWMELT MAY LEAD TO FLOODING...
.A LARGE...SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN THE CENTRAL
PLAINS WILL SPREAD WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
EASTERN IOWA...AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT. THIS MAY RESULT IN 2 DAY RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 1.5
TO 2.5 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN MAY QUICKLY
RUNOFF INTO AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS WHERE THE GROUND IS FROZEN
AND BARE. WHERE THERE IS SNOW COVER IN PLACE...SNOW AND SLUSH MAY
INTERFERE WITH NORMAL DRAINAGE AND LEAD TO FLOODING. IN ADDITION...
THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE JAMS ON AREA RIVERS.
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009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-230600-
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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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...
MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...
GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...
MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...
OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
347 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS...IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...
BUREAU...CARROLL...HANCOCK...HENDERSON...HENRY IL...JO
DAVIESS...MCDONOUGH...MERCER...PUTNAM...ROCK ISLAND...
STEPHENSON...WARREN AND WHITESIDE. IN IOWA...BENTON...
BUCHANAN...CEDAR...CLINTON...DELAWARE...DES MOINES...DUBUQUE...
HENRY IA...IOWA...JACKSON...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...JONES...
KEOKUK...LEE...LINN...LOUISA...MUSCATINE...SCOTT...VAN BUREN
AND WASHINGTON. IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...CLARK AND SCOTLAND.
* FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS. FLOODING
OF URBAN AND SMALL STREAM DRAINAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO
BLOCKAGES FROM SNOW AND ICE.
* RISING WATER LEVELS MAY ALSO LEAD TO POTENTIAL ICE JAMS ON AREA
RIVERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.  MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF A
FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING DEVELOPS.
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