HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 545 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 530 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
530 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
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WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
530 AM 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT LATE
TONIGHT ROUGHLY NORTHWEST OF A DUBUQUE IOWA... TO WASHINGTON
IOWA... TO MEMPHIS MISSOURI LINE.
AREAS OF DENSE FOG REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE
OR LESS WILL BE FOUND OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA AND
NORTHEAST MISSOURI THIS MORNING.
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL TRACK FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY TO EASTERN IOWA BY FRIDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
BECOME WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TODAY THROUGH
THIS EVENING...WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY
FROM THE QUAD CITIES SOUTH AND EAST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE
HALF...TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS RAIN
WILL BE FALLING ON COLD...FROZEN GROUND AND DENSE SNOW-PACK
ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 TO 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.
RAIN MAY CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT WITH SOME
ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF A DUBUQUE IOWA... TO
WASHINGTON IOWA... TO MEMPHIS MISSOURI LINE...AS COLDER AIR
BEGINS TO FILTER INTO THE REGION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA ON FRIDAY
...POSSIBLY BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY IN PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA
AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. AT LEAST 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED
FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...ROUGHLY WEST OF A LINE FROM DUBUQUE
IOWA TO MEMPHIS MISSOURI. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA
ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE.
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE
STORM SYSTEM BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE REGION. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS THIS WEEKEND SHOULD BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER
REPORTS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW TONIGHT IS APPRECIATED.
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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.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
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...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT
FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
* THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED AS TEMPERATURES HAVE
  WARMED INTO THE MID 30S. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
  HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* 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.
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$$

FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 405 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW MELT MAY LEAD TO FLOODING...
.A LARGE...SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM LOCATED IN THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS
NORTHEAST MISSOURI...EASTERN IOWA...AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS
THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS MAY RESULT IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM
1 TO 2 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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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA
404 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...INCLUDING
 THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...BENTON...JONES
 AND LINN. IN NORTHEAST IOWA...BUCHANAN...DELAWARE AND DUBUQUE.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING MAY
  LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS. FLOODING OF URBAN AND SMALL
  STREAM DRAINAGE AREAS 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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