[LeArc] FLOOD WATCH

[Jesse Risley]

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1134 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...RIVER FLOODING AND ICE JAMS POSSIBLE INTO NEXT WEEK...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TO
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI THIS WEEKEND. ALMOST ALL OF THIS RAIN WILL RUN OFF INTO
AREA STREAMS SINCE THERE IS LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL SOIL MOISTURE
STORAGE AVAILABLE IN THE GROUND. THIS RUNOFF MAY LEAD TO FLOODING
AND ICE JAMS INTO NEXT WEEK. ANY ICE JAMS THAT FORM CAN BECOME
VERY DANGEROUS...QUICKLY CHANGING EVENTS WITH LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING.

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034-035-MOZ009-010-240145-
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/00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-
JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-
HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-
SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...
MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...
WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....
FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...
CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
1134 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

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...HANCOCK...HENDERSON...HENRY IL...MCDONOUGH...MERCER...
  PUTNAM...ROCK ISLAND...WARREN AND WHITESIDE. IN IOWA...CEDAR...
  DES MOINES...HENRY IA...IOWA...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...KEOKUK...
  LEE...LOUISA...MUSCATINE...SCOTT...VAN BUREN AND WASHINGTON.
  IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...CLARK AND SCOTLAND.

* FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON

* LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS HIGH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES THIS WEEKEND MAY
  RESULT IN RIVER FLOODING AND ICE JAMS INTO NEXT WEEK. ANY ICE
  JAMS THAT FORM CAN BECOME VERY DANGEROUS...QUICKLY CHANGING
  EVENTS WITH LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

* IF YOU LIVE NEAR A STREAM...ESPECIALLY ONE PRONE TO ICE
  JAMS...HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE IN CASE FLOODING OCCURS. BE PREPARED
  TO ACT QUICKLY BECAUSE WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY.

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

"Respect for religion must be reestablished. Public debt should be reduced. The arrogance of public officials must be curtailed. Assistance to foreign lands must be stopped or we shall bankrupt ourselves. The people should be forced to work and not depend on government for subsistence." - Cicero, 60 B.C.


 
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