962 WGUS63 KLOT 280310 FFALOT URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 910 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .ANOTHER STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY...AND WILL DEEPEN RAPIDLY AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. WITH PLENTY OF MILD...MOIST AIR SURGING NORTHWARD ACROSS ILLINOIS AND INDIANA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...AN INCH OR MORE OF SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT REMAINS IN THE EXISTING SNOW PACK ACROSS THE REGION. WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES...ICE JAMS MAY ALSO AFFECT AREA RIVERS. THE COMBINATION OF WATER RUN OFF FROM MELTING SNOW...LOCALLY HEAVY NEW RAINFALL...AND ICE JAMMING HAS THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 281115- /O.NEW.KLOT.FA.A.0001.070301T0000Z-070302T1200Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE- DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON- IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN... OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...CHICAGO...OTTAWA...OSWEGO... MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY... VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...FOWLER 910 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2007 /1010 PM EST TUE FEB 27 2007/ ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND INDIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BOONE...COOK...DE KALB... DUPAGE...FORD...GRUNDY...IROQUOIS...KANE...KANKAKEE... KENDALL...LA SALLE...LAKE ILLINOIS...LEE...LIVINGSTON... MCHENRY...OGLE...WILL AND WINNEBAGO. IN INDIANA...BENTON... JASPER...LAKE INDIANA...NEWTON AND PORTER. * FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT * A STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE MIDWEST LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MAY BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR MORE TO SOME PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. WITH WARMER AIR STREAMING NORTH AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...MELTING OF EXISTING SNOW PACK COULD ADD ANOTHER INCH OR MORE OF LIQUID WATER RUN OFF TO AREA RIVERS. THIS...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE JAMMING...MAY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT RISES AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ RATZER  567 WGUS63 KDVN 280343 FFADVN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 943 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2007 ...RIVER FLOODING AND ICE JAMS POSSIBLE INTO LATE THIS WEEK... .ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SOIL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA ARE FROZEN OR SNOW AND ICE COVERED WITH LITTLE CAPACITY FOR ADDITIONAL SOIL MOISTURE STORAGE. BECAUSE OF THIS...NEARLY ALL OF THE RAIN WILL RUN OFF INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS. THIS MAY LEAD TO FLOODING AND ICE JAMS LATE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. ANY ICE JAMS THAT FORM CAN BECOME VERY DANGEROUS...QUICKLY CHANGING EVENTS RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-281145- /O.CON.KDVN.FA.A.0002.070228T1800Z-070303T0000Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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 943 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON * LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS HIGH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MAY RESULT IN MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING... URBAN FLOODING AND ICE JAMS LATE THIS 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. $$  053 WGUS63 KDVN 280952 FFADVN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 352 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...RIVER FLOODING AND ICE JAMS POSSIBLE INTO LATE THIS WEEK... .ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI LATER TODAY INTO THURSDAY. SOIL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA ARE FROZEN OR SNOW AND ICE COVERED WITH LITTLE CAPACITY FOR ADDITIONAL SOIL MOISTURE STORAGE. BECAUSE OF THIS...NEARLY ALL OF THE RAIN WILL RUN OFF INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS. THIS MAY LEAD TO FLOODING AND ICE JAMS LATE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. ANY ICE JAMS THAT FORM CAN BECOME VERY DANGEROUS...QUICKLY CHANGING EVENTS RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-281800- /O.CON.KDVN.FA.A.0002.070228T1800Z-070303T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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 352 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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 NOON CST TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON * LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF .5 TO 1 INCH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS TO 2 INCHES LATER TODAY INTO THURSDAY MAY RESULT IN MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING...URBAN FLOODING AND ICE JAMS LATE THIS 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. $$ NICHOLS/12  201 WGUS63 KILX 281007 FFAILX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 407 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .ANOTHER STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY...DEEPENING RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. AHEAD OF THE LOW AND TRAILING COLD FRONT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS TONIGHT AND INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY. DUE TO THE STILL MOSTLY FROZEN SOIL CONDITIONS...NEARLY ALL OF THE RAIN WILL RUN OFF. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...STREAMS AND CREEKS...DUE TO PONDING OF SURFACE WATER. DIRECT RUNOFF INTO ALREADY FULL RIVERS WILL ENHANCE THE AREA RIVER FLOODING THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-282200- /O.NEW.KILX.FA.A.0002.070301T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 407 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CASS...CHRISTIAN...DE WITT... FULTON...KNOX...LOGAN...MACON...MARSHALL...MASON...MCLEAN... MENARD...MORGAN...MOULTRIE...PEORIA...PIATT...SANGAMON... SCHUYLER...SCOTT...SHELBY...STARK...TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD. IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CHAMPAIGN...CLARK...COLES... CUMBERLAND...DOUGLAS...EDGAR AND VERMILION. IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...CLAY...CRAWFORD...EFFINGHAM...JASPER...LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND. * FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * A STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WILL BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS TO THE REGION. THIS RAINFALL OVER MOSTLY FROZEN SOIL WILL RESULT IN RUNOFF TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...PLUS RIVER AND STREAM FLOODING. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ GOETSCH  244 WGUS63 KLOT 281037 FFALOT FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 437 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .ANOTHER STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY...AND WILL DEEPEN RAPIDLY AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. WITH PLENTY OF MILD...MOIST AIR SURGING NORTHWARD ACROSS ILLINOIS AND INDIANA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...AN INCH OR MORE OF SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT REMAINS IN THE EXISTING SNOW PACK ACROSS THE REGION. WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES...ICE JAMS MAY ALSO AFFECT AREA RIVERS. THE COMBINATION OF WATER RUN OFF FROM MELTING SNOW...LOCALLY HEAVY NEW RAINFALL...AND ICE JAMMING HAS THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 281845- /O.CON.KLOT.FA.A.0001.070301T0000Z-070302T1200Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE- DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON- IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN... OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...CHICAGO...OTTAWA...OSWEGO... MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY... VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...FOWLER 437 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 /537 AM EST WED FEB 28 2007/ ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND INDIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BOONE...COOK...DE KALB...DUPAGE...FORD... GRUNDY...IROQUOIS...KANE...KANKAKEE...KENDALL...LA SALLE... LAKE ILLINOIS...LEE...LIVINGSTON...MCHENRY...OGLE...WILL AND WINNEBAGO. IN INDIANA...BENTON...JASPER...LAKE INDIANA... NEWTON AND PORTER. * FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT * A STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE MIDWEST LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MAY BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR MORE TO SOME PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. WITH WARMER AIR STREAMING NORTH AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...MELTING OF EXISTING SNOW PACK COULD ADD ANOTHER INCH OR MORE OF LIQUID WATER RUN OFF TO AREA RIVERS. THIS...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE JAMMING...MAY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT RISES AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$  081 WGUS61 KCLE 281540 FFACLE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1040 AM EST WED FEB 28 2007 .LOW PRESSURE OVER OKLAHOMA WILL DEEPEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. AHEAD OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WARM AND VERY MOIST AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES. AS THE MOISTURE GETS WRAPPED INTO THE SYSTEM SHOWERS AND EVEN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THE RAIN COULD BECOME HEAVY. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST THURSDAY NIGHT. BEHIND THE FRONT ON FRIDAY...COOLER...DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. OHZ003-006>010-017>019-027>030-036-037-047-282345- /O.NEW.KCLE.FA.A.0003.070301T1100Z-070302T1700Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON- WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-MARION-MORROW-KNOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON... FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK... UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...MARION... MOUNT GILEAD...MOUNT VERNON 1040 AM EST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHWEST OHIO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO... ASHLAND...CRAWFORD...ERIE OH...HURON...KNOX...LORAIN... MARION...MORROW AND RICHLAND. IN NORTHWEST OHIO...HANCOCK... LUCAS...OTTAWA...SANDUSKY...SENECA...WOOD AND WYANDOT. * FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * RAIN SHOWERS WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF FRIDAY. RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES. IN ADDITION WARMER AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THE RAIN CAUSING SNOW MELT. THE COMBINATION OF THE RAIN AND SNOW MELT COULD RESULT IN FLOODING. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS. * THE THREAT OF FLOODING WILL BE HEIGHTENED FURTHER ALONG RIVERS SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICE JAMS. THE ONSET OF FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMS CAN OCCUR QUICKLY AS THE FLOW OF WATER STOPS ABRUPTLY BEHIND THE ICE. PEOPLE NEAR RIVERS AND LARGE STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR LEVELS FREQUENTLY. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES $$ OHZ011>014-020>023-031>033-038-089-PAZ001>003-282345- /O.NEW.KCLE.FA.A.0003.070301T1700Z-070302T1700Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE- TRUMBULL-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-HOLMES-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE- NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON... JEFFERSON...MEDINA...AKRON...RAVENNA...WARREN...WOOSTER... CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...MILLERSBURG...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO... MEADVILLE 1040 AM EST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST OHIO...ASHTABULA INLAND...ASHTABULA LAKESHORE...CUYAHOGA... GEAUGA...HOLMES...LAKE...MAHONING...MEDINA...PORTAGE...STARK... SUMMIT...TRUMBULL AND WAYNE. IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... CRAWFORD PA...NORTHERN ERIE AND SOUTHERN ERIE. * FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * RAIN SHOWERS WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THURSDAY AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF FRIDAY. RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES. IN ADDITION WARMER AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THE RAIN CAUSING SNOW MELT. THE COMBINATION OF THE RAIN AND SNOW MELT COULD RESULT IN FLOODING. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS. * THE THREAT OF FLOODING WILL BE HEIGHTENED FURTHER ALONG RIVERS SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICE JAMS. THE ONSET OF FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMS CAN OCCUR QUICKLY AS THE FLOW OF WATER STOPS ABRUPTLY BEHIND THE ICE. PEOPLE NEAR RIVERS AND LARGE STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR LEVELS FREQUENTLY. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES $$  416 WGUS61 KPBZ 281614 FFAPBZ URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1114 AM EST WED FEB 28 2007 MDZ001-PAZ007>009-013>016-022-023-030-032-WVZ023-041-010015- /O.NEW.KPBZ.FA.A.0002.070301T1700Z-070302T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GARRETT-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION- JEFFERSON PA-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WESTMORELAND-FAYETTE-PRESTON- TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...GRANTSVILLE...SHARON... HERMITAGE...GROVE CITY...GREENVILLE...FARRELL...OIL CITY... FRANKLIN...SUGARCREEK...TIONESTA...NEW CASTLE...ELLWOOD CITY... BUTLER...ZELIENOPLE...CLARION...PUNXSUTAWNEY...BROOKVILLE... REYNOLDSVILLE...BROCKWAY...KITTANNING...FORD CITY...LEECHBURG... FREEPORT...APOLLO...INDIANA...GREENSBURG...NEW KENSINGTON... JEANNETTE...LATROBE...MONESSEN...UNIONTOWN...CONNELLSVILLE... OHIOPYLE...KINGWOOD...TERRA ALTA...PARSONS...DAVIS...THOMAS 1114 AM EST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MARYLAND...PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN WESTERN MARYLAND...GARRETT. IN PENNSYLVANIA...ARMSTRONG... BUTLER...CLARION...FAYETTE...FOREST...INDIANA...JEFFERSON PA... LAWRENCE...MERCER...VENANGO AND WESTMORELAND. IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...PRESTON AND TUCKER. * FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON * RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 0.75 INCHES TO 1.50 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF RAINFALL, SNOW MELT, ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, AND ICE JAM POTENTIAL COULD LEAD TO FLOODING. * MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE PARTIALLY OR FULLY COVERED BY ICE. IF THE ICE MOVES THERE COULD BE ICE JAMS. WHEN ICE JAMS OCCUR THERE IS BACK WATER FLOODING AS LONG AS THE JAM HOLDS. IF THE JAM SHOULD SUDDENLY BREAK, DOWNSTREAM FLOODING WOULD OCCUR. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON ICE MOVEMENT AND POSSIBLE JAMMING. $$  410 WGUS63 KLOT 281655 FFALOT FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 1055 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL DEEPEN RAPIDLY AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. WITH PLENTY OF MILD...MOIST AIR SURGING NORTHWARD ACROSS ILLINOIS AND INDIANA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...AN INCH OR MORE OF SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT REMAINS IN THE EXISTING SNOW PACK ACROSS THE REGION. WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES...ICE JAMS MAY ALSO AFFECT AREA RIVERS. THE COMBINATION OF WATER RUN OFF FROM MELTING SNOW...LOCALLY HEAVY NEW RAINFALL...AND ICE JAMMING HAS THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 010100- /O.CON.KLOT.FA.A.0001.070301T0000Z-070302T1200Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE- DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON- IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN... OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...CHICAGO...OTTAWA...OSWEGO... MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY... VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...FOWLER 1055 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 /1155 AM EST WED FEB 28 2007/ ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/ THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND INDIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BOONE...COOK...DE KALB...DUPAGE...FORD... GRUNDY...IROQUOIS...KANE...KANKAKEE...KENDALL...LA SALLE... LAKE ILLINOIS...LEE...LIVINGSTON...MCHENRY...OGLE...WILL AND WINNEBAGO. IN INDIANA...BENTON...JASPER...LAKE INDIANA... NEWTON AND PORTER. * FROM 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/ THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT * A STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE MIDWEST TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MAY BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR MORE TO SOME PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. WITH WARMER AIR STREAMING NORTH AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...MELTING OF EXISTING SNOW PACK COULD ADD ANOTHER INCH OR MORE OF LIQUID WATER RUN OFF TO AREA RIVERS. THIS...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE JAMMING...MAY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT RISES AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. GENERALLY LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...BUT HEAVIER SHOWERS ALONG WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$  816 WGUS63 KDVN 281703 FFADVN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1103 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...RIVER FLOODING AND ICE JAMS POSSIBLE INTO LATE THIS WEEK... .ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI LATER TODAY INTO THURSDAY. SOIL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA ARE FROZEN OR SNOW AND ICE COVERED WITH LITTLE CAPACITY FOR ADDITIONAL SOIL MOISTURE STORAGE. BECAUSE OF THIS...NEARLY ALL OF THE RAIN WILL RUN OFF INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS. THIS MAY LEAD TO FLOODING AND ICE JAMS LATE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. ANY ICE JAMS THAT FORM CAN BECOME VERY DANGEROUS...QUICKLY CHANGING EVENTS RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-010115- /O.CON.KDVN.FA.A.0002.070228T1800Z-070303T0000Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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 1103 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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. * THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON * LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO TO 1 INCH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES LATER TODAY INTO THURSDAY MAY RESULT IN MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING...URBAN FLOODING AND ICE JAMS LATE THIS 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. $$ MAYES  799 WGUS61 KALY 281849 FFAALY URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 149 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007 CTZ001-013-NYZ063>066-011000- /O.NEW.KALY.FA.A.0002.070301T2300Z-070302T2300Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-WESTERN ULSTER- EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY... KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ... POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS... MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON 149 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN LITCHFIELD AND SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD. IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...EASTERN DUTCHESS...EASTERN ULSTER... WESTERN DUTCHESS AND WESTERN ULSTER. * FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON * HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WHICH MAY START AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WHICH COUPLED WITH RUNOFF FROM SNOW MELT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AND EVEN SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL RESULT FROM A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THURSDAY MORNING WHICH IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTH INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES LATE THURSDAY EVENING PUSHING A WARM FRONT TOWARD OUR REGION. A SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST FRIDAY MORNING AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE GULF OF MAINE FRIDAY EVENING. THIS SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ENHANCE THE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS. RUNOFF FROM SNOW MELT IS ALSO A CONCERN AS THE SNOW PACK ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON VALLEY AND LITCHFIELD HILLS CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 4 INCHES OF WATER WITH THE HIGHEST WATER CONTENT AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET. IN ADDITION...RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT MAY ENOUGH TO DISLODGE THE ICE IN SOME STREAMS AND RIVERS WHICH THEN COULD RESULT IN ICE JAMS. AREAS PRONE TO ICE JAM FLOODING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE RONDOUT CREEK NEAR ACCORD...KERHONKSON AND EDDYVILLE...WAPPINGERS CREEK AND THE HOUSATONIC RIVER FROM FALLS VILLAGE TO KENT AND NEAR NEW MILFORD. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$  737 WGUS63 KIWX 281931 FFAIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 231 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH THURSDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON TO WISCONSIN ON THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE COLD FRONT SWEEPING EAST ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY EVENING. BOTH FRONTS SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-010345- /O.NEW.KIWX.FA.A.0005.070301T1200Z-070302T0500Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN... ROCHESTER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON... BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE... NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...LIMA 231 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007 /131 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007/ ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN NORTHERN INDIANA...ADAMS...ALLEN IN...BLACKFORD...CASS IN... DE KALB...ELKHART...FULTON IN...GRANT...HUNTINGTON...JAY... KOSCIUSKO...LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...MARSHALL...MIAMI...NOBLE... PULASKI...ST. JOSEPH IN...STARKE...STEUBEN...WABASH...WELLS... WHITE AND WHITLEY. IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...BERRIEN...BRANCH... CASS MI...HILLSDALE AND ST. JOSEPH MI. IN NORTHWEST OHIO... ALLEN OH...DEFIANCE...FULTON OH...HENRY...PAULDING...PUTNAM... VAN WERT AND WILLIAMS. * FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING * TEMPERATURES WILL RISE WELL ABOVE FREEZING TOMORROW AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS WILL CAUSE RAPID MELTING OF THE SNOW PACK IN PLACE OVER THE AREA... ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA WHERE HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED 50 DEGREES ON THURSDAY. IN ADDITION... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE AS THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF RAINFALL AND MELTING SNOW MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS... STREAMS... AND LOW LYING AREAS. ALSO... CONSIDERABLE ICE REMAINS ON RIVERS IN THE AREA. THE RAPID WARM UP COMBINED WITH RISING RIVER LEVELS CAN RESULT IN ICE JAMS WHICH COULD ALSO CAUSE RIVER FLOODING. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$  445 WGUS61 KCLE 282000 FFACLE FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 300 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007 .LOW PRESSURE OVER OKLAHOMA WILL DEEPEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. AHEAD OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WARM AND VERY MOIST AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES. AS THE MOISTURE GETS WRAPPED INTO THE SYSTEM...SHOWERS AND EVEN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THE RAIN COULD BECOME HEAVY. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST THURSDAY NIGHT. COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST ON FRIDAY. OHZ003-006>010-017>019-027>030-036-037-047-010400- /O.CON.KCLE.FA.A.0003.070301T1100Z-070302T1700Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON- WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-MARION-MORROW-KNOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON... FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK... UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...MARION... MOUNT GILEAD...MOUNT VERNON 300 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHWEST OHIO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...ASHLAND... CRAWFORD...ERIE OH...HURON...KNOX...LORAIN...MARION...MORROW AND RICHLAND. IN NORTHWEST OHIO...HANCOCK...LUCAS...OTTAWA... SANDUSKY...SENECA...WOOD AND WYANDOT. * FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * RAIN SHOWERS WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF FRIDAY. RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES. IN ADDITION WARMER AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THE RAIN CAUSING SNOW MELT. THE COMBINATION OF THE RAIN AND SNOW MELT COULD RESULT IN FLOODING. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS. * THE THREAT OF FLOODING WILL BE HEIGHTENED FURTHER ALONG RIVERS SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICE JAMS. THE ONSET OF FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMS CAN OCCUR QUICKLY AS THE FLOW OF WATER STOPS ABRUPTLY BEHIND THE ICE. PEOPLE NEAR RIVERS AND LARGE STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR LEVELS FREQUENTLY. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES $$ OHZ011>014-020>023-031>033-038-089-PAZ001>003-010400- /O.CON.KCLE.FA.A.0003.070301T1700Z-070302T1700Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE- TRUMBULL-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-HOLMES-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE- NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON... JEFFERSON...MEDINA...AKRON...RAVENNA...WARREN...WOOSTER... CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...MILLERSBURG...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO... MEADVILLE 300 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST OHIO...ASHTABULA INLAND...ASHTABULA LAKESHORE...CUYAHOGA...GEAUGA...HOLMES... LAKE...MAHONING...MEDINA...PORTAGE...STARK...SUMMIT...TRUMBULL AND WAYNE. IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...CRAWFORD PA...NORTHERN ERIE AND SOUTHERN ERIE. * FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * RAIN SHOWERS WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THURSDAY AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF FRIDAY. RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES. IN ADDITION WARMER AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THE RAIN CAUSING SNOW MELT. THE COMBINATION OF THE RAIN AND SNOW MELT COULD RESULT IN FLOODING. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS. * THE THREAT OF FLOODING WILL BE HEIGHTENED FURTHER ALONG RIVERS SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICE JAMS. THE ONSET OF FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMS CAN OCCUR QUICKLY AS THE FLOW OF WATER STOPS ABRUPTLY BEHIND THE ICE. PEOPLE NEAR RIVERS AND LARGE STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR LEVELS FREQUENTLY. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES $$ TK/LOMBARDY  445 WGUS61 KCLE 282000 FFACLE FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 300 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007 .LOW PRESSURE OVER OKLAHOMA WILL DEEPEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. AHEAD OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WARM AND VERY MOIST AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES. AS THE MOISTURE GETS WRAPPED INTO THE SYSTEM...SHOWERS AND EVEN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THE RAIN COULD BECOME HEAVY. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST THURSDAY NIGHT. COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST ON FRIDAY. OHZ003-006>010-017>019-027>030-036-037-047-010400- /O.CON.KCLE.FA.A.0003.070301T1100Z-070302T1700Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON- WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-MARION-MORROW-KNOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON... FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK... UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...MARION... MOUNT GILEAD...MOUNT VERNON 300 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHWEST OHIO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...ASHLAND... CRAWFORD...ERIE OH...HURON...KNOX...LORAIN...MARION...MORROW AND RICHLAND. IN NORTHWEST OHIO...HANCOCK...LUCAS...OTTAWA... SANDUSKY...SENECA...WOOD AND WYANDOT. * FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * RAIN SHOWERS WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF FRIDAY. RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES. IN ADDITION WARMER AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THE RAIN CAUSING SNOW MELT. THE COMBINATION OF THE RAIN AND SNOW MELT COULD RESULT IN FLOODING. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS. * THE THREAT OF FLOODING WILL BE HEIGHTENED FURTHER ALONG RIVERS SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICE JAMS. THE ONSET OF FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMS CAN OCCUR QUICKLY AS THE FLOW OF WATER STOPS ABRUPTLY BEHIND THE ICE. PEOPLE NEAR RIVERS AND LARGE STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR LEVELS FREQUENTLY. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES $$ OHZ011>014-020>023-031>033-038-089-PAZ001>003-010400- /O.CON.KCLE.FA.A.0003.070301T1700Z-070302T1700Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE- TRUMBULL-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-HOLMES-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE- NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON... JEFFERSON...MEDINA...AKRON...RAVENNA...WARREN...WOOSTER... CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...MILLERSBURG...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO... MEADVILLE 300 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST OHIO...ASHTABULA INLAND...ASHTABULA LAKESHORE...CUYAHOGA...GEAUGA...HOLMES... LAKE...MAHONING...MEDINA...PORTAGE...STARK...SUMMIT...TRUMBULL AND WAYNE. IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...CRAWFORD PA...NORTHERN ERIE AND SOUTHERN ERIE. * FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * RAIN SHOWERS WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THURSDAY AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF FRIDAY. RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES. IN ADDITION WARMER AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THE RAIN CAUSING SNOW MELT. THE COMBINATION OF THE RAIN AND SNOW MELT COULD RESULT IN FLOODING. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS. * THE THREAT OF FLOODING WILL BE HEIGHTENED FURTHER ALONG RIVERS SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICE JAMS. THE ONSET OF FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMS CAN OCCUR QUICKLY AS THE FLOW OF WATER STOPS ABRUPTLY BEHIND THE ICE. PEOPLE NEAR RIVERS AND LARGE STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR LEVELS FREQUENTLY. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES $$ TK/LOMBARDY  157 WGUS61 KCTP 282012 FFACTP URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 312 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007 ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FROM THURSDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY EVENING... .AN INTENSE STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE PLAINS WILL TRACK ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES THURSDAY EVENING. THIS STORM SYSTEM COULD PRODUCE A WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AROUND AN INCH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF CENTRAL PA LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066-012015- /O.NEW.KCTP.FA.A.0002.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING- SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON- CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 312 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...ADAMS...BEDFORD...BLAIR...CAMBRIA... CAMERON...CLEARFIELD...COLUMBIA...CUMBERLAND...DAUPHIN...ELK... FRANKLIN...FULTON...HUNTINGDON...JUNIATA...LANCASTER... LEBANON...MCKEAN...MIFFLIN...MONTOUR...NORTHERN CENTRE... NORTHERN CLINTON...NORTHERN LYCOMING...NORTHUMBERLAND... PERRY...POTTER...SCHUYLKILL...SNYDER...SOMERSET...SOUTHERN CENTRE...SOUTHERN CLINTON...SOUTHERN LYCOMING...SULLIVAN... TIOGA...UNION...WARREN AND YORK. * FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * AN INTENSE STORM OVER THE PLAINS WILL TRACK ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES THURSDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND WILL REACH THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY BY EARLY EVENING. THE RAIN AND MILDER TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE SNOW TO MELT AND ADD TO THE RUNOFF INTO THE WATERWAYS. WHILE THE RAIN WILL BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE EARLY IN THE EVENT...RAIN WILL LIKELY BE HEAVIER THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...WHICH COULD INCREASE THE SNOW MELT. * PROJECTED RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT IS EXPECTED TO BRING AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS TO NEAR HALF BANKFULL. WHILE THE THREAT OF FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS DUE TO RUNOFF ALONE IS LOW...RISES MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO DISLODGE AND MOVE THE ICE ON MANY RIVERS AND CREEKS. RAPID STAGE FLUCTUATIONS AND LOCALIZED PROBLEMS DUE TO ICE JAMMING AND BACKWATER EFFECTS ARE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY MORNING ON SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS...AND LATER IN THE DAY ON THE RIVERS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN THE WATCH AREA. CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG RIVERS OR STREAMS IN THE AREA. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. $$ MARTIN/TYBURSKI/DANGELO  786 WGUS61 KBGM 282014 FFABGM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 314 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007 ...A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN NEW YORK THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK INTO THE GREAT LAKES ON THURSDAY. A FRONTAL SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON THURSDAY NIGHT, AS A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER PENNSYLVANIA. A LIGHT DRIZZLE AND SNOW MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION ON THURSDAY WILL TRANSITION TO A STEADIER RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY EVENING...THEN PLAIN RAIN OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY BE HEAVY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...BEFORE ENDING AS SHOWERS BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. NYZ062-PAZ043-044-047-048-072-010530- /O.NEW.KBGM.FA.A.0002.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SULLIVAN-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 314 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...LACKAWANNA...LUZERNE...PIKE...SOUTHERN WAYNE AND WYOMING. IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...SULLIVAN. * FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT...AND LINGER INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE WATER EQUIVALENT OF THE EXISTING SNOW PACK RANGES FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE POCONOS AND SOUTHWEST CATSKILLS...TO 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE DELAWARE AND NORTHERN SUSQUEHANNA RIVER VALLEYS. SOME OF THIS WATER IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED INTO THE RIVER SYSTEMS. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE WARMING INTO THE LOWER AND MID 40S BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WARMING COULD BREAK UP THE RIVER ICE PACK ON MANY OF THE REGIONS TRIBUTARIES...AND EVEN PARTS OF THE DELAWARE AND SUSQUEHANNA RIVERS. RELEASE OF THE RIVER ICE COULD LEAD TO DOWNSTREAM ICE JAMMING ALONG BRIDGES...OR NARROW POINTS ALONG THE RIVER COURSES. THE COMBINATION OF ALL THESE FACTORS POINTS TO A POTENTIAL FOR MINOR FLOODING THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ JAB  317 WGUS61 KOKX 282025 FFAOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 325 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007 .A MOISTURE LADEN STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE PLAINS STATES THURSDAY WILL CAUSE A WIDESPREAD RAIN EVENT ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY. THE ANTICIPATED RAIN WILL FALL ON TOP OF A SNOW PACK THAT IS PRESENT ACROSS THE INTERIOR OF THE LOCAL REGION. THE RESULT WILL LIKELY BE SOME SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS FLOODING ACROSS THESE INTERIOR BASINS. NYZ067-068-010430- /O.NEW.KOKX.FA.A.0001.070301T2300Z-070302T2300Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ORANGE-PUTNAM- 325 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...ORANGE AND PUTNAM. * FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON * HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BEGINNING THURSDAY EVENING LASTING THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY. THE WIDESPREAD RAIN MAY BEGIN BRIEFLY AS A MIXTURE OF WET SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE INTERIOR THURSDAY EVENING. ANY WINTRY MIX WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES TO LOCALLY HIGHER ARE POSSIBLE FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH RUNOFF FROM SNOW MELT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL RESULT FROM A FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER THE MIDWEST THAT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE REGION THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING. RUNOFF FROM SNOW MELT IS A CONCERN AS THE SNOW PACK ACROSS THE WATCH AREA CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 2 INCHES OF WATER. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$  444 WGUS63 KIND 282036 FFAIND URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 336 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH THURSDAY... .RAIN WILL FALL ON THURSDAY AS FIRST A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA FOLLOWED BY A STRONG COLD FRONT. THIS RAIN CAUSE FLOODING TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-010445- /O.NEW.KIND.FA.A.0002.070301T1200Z-070302T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 336 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007 /236 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007/ ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF INDIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BARTHOLOMEW...BOONE...BROWN...CARROLL...CLAY... CLINTON...DAVIESS...DECATUR...DELAWARE...FOUNTAIN...GREENE... HAMILTON...HANCOCK...HENDRICKS...HENRY...HOWARD...JACKSON... JENNINGS...JOHNSON...KNOX...LAWRENCE...MADISON...MARION... MARTIN...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...MORGAN...OWEN...PARKE... PUTNAM...RANDOLPH...RUSH...SHELBY...SULLIVAN...TIPPECANOE... TIPTON...VERMILLION...VIGO AND WARREN. * FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING * RAINFALL UP TO AN INCH MAY FALL ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA ON THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...LINGERING SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA WILL MELT AS MILD TEMPERATURES MOVE INTO THE AREA. THESE CONDITIONS MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS CAUSE STREAMS AND RIVERS TO FLOOD. WHERE RIVERS ARE ALREADY IN FLOOD...THE FLOODING WOULD INCREASE. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$  102 WGUS61 KPHI 282045 FFAPHI URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 345 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-015-017>019-PAZ054-055-060>062- 067>071-011100- /O.NEW.KPHI.FA.A.0003.070302T0200Z-070303T0100Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET- MIDDLESEX-MERCER-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON- MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE- PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON... WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL... MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN... DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 345 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES OF BERKS...BUCKS... CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY... NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA. FOR THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS... NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN. FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE. FOR CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND. * FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * A WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC REGION THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT IS FORECAST TO BEGIN LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON, THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 12 HOURS IS POSSIBLE BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS FRIDAY MORNING BEHIND AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. THE GROUND REMAINS FROZEN IN MANY AREAS. THIS FROZEN GROUND, IN COMBINATION WITH A VERY RIPE SNOW PACK IN SOME LOCATIONS AND HEAVY RAIN, COULD CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS FROM THE POCONOS SOUTH TO NORTHERN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE, AND EAST INTO CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. RIVER AND STREAM ICE COULD ADD ANOTHER COMPLEXITY TO THE SITUATION AS WATER LEVELS RISE AND THE ICE BEGINS TO MOVE. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA, WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA, CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS. KEEP INFORMED, AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. $$ MIKETTA  949 WGUS61 KILN 282115 FFAILN URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 415 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL DEEPEN AND LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH THURSDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM...BRINGING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION...WITH POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN WITHIN THUNDERSTORMS. THIS RAIN COMBINED WITH LINGERING SNOW WILL RESULT IN POSSIBLE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. INZ050-058-059-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>062-010515- /O.NEW.KILN.FA.A.0003.070301T1400Z-070302T1000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY- LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH- LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY... KENTON...CELINA...WAPAKONETA...GREENVILLE...SIDNEY... BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...DELAWARE...PIQUA...URBANA... SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS...NEWARK...EATON...DAYTON...XENIA 415 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND OHIO... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA... FAYETTE IN...UNION IN AND WAYNE. IN OHIO...AUGLAIZE... CHAMPAIGN...CLARK...DARKE...DELAWARE...FRANKLIN OH...GREENE... HARDIN...LICKING...LOGAN...MADISON...MERCER...MIAMI... MONTGOMERY...PREBLE...SHELBY AND UNION OH. * FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION EARLY THURSDAY...AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. WITH OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WITHIN ANY THUNDERSTORMS...THE RAIN OVER LINGERING SNOW PACK IN THE NORTHERN MIAMI VALLEY COULD RESULT IN SMALL STREAM FLOODING. IN THE UPPER SCIOTO VALLEY...HIGHER THAN NORMAL STREAM FLOW AND SATURATED SOILS WILL CREATE AN ELEVATED RISK OF FLOODING. * IN ADDITION TO SMALL STREAM FLOODING...MINOR RIVER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IN ADDITION...MINOR RIVER FLOODING MAY FOLLOW. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED. $$  652 WGUS63 KEAX 282129 FFAEAX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 329 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT COULD BRING FLOODING OVERNIGHT... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND WILL BRING ABUNDANT AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE NORTH OVER THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT. AS THE MOISTURE STREAMS NORTH IT WILL OVERRUN THE FRONT PRODUCING WIDE SPREAD HEAVY RAIN OF HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH OR MORE ACROSS AREAS FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTH THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. WITH THE PREVIOUS WEEKENDS RAINFALL CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI ARE PRIMED FOR FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS AND AT LOW WATER CROSSING. MOZ006>008-014>017-022>025-030>033-038>040-044>046-010600- /O.NEW.KEAX.FA.A.0001.070301T0600Z-070301T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-CALDWELL- LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE- SALINE-HOWARD-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER... DOWNING...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... KIRKSVILLE...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE... BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON... SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA... MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA... BOONVILLE 329 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI...NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...COOPER... HOWARD...PETTIES AND SALINE. IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... CALDWELL...CARROLL...CHARITON...DAVIESS...GRUNDY...LINN MO... LIVINGSTON...MACON...MERCER...PUTNAM...RANDOLPH AND SULLIVAN. IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...ADAIR AND SCHUYLER. IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...JOHNSON MO...LAFAYETTE AND RAY. * FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING * A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND WILL BRING ABUNDANT AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE NORTH OVER THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT. AS THE MOISTURE STREAMS NORTH IT WILL OVERRUN THE FRONT PRODUCING WIDE SPREAD HEAVY RAIN OF HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH OR MORE ACROSS AREAS FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTH THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. WITH THE PREVIOUS WEEKENDS RAINFALL CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI ARE PRIMED FOR FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS AND AT LOW WATER CROSSING. * NIGHTTIME FLOODING CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY TONIGHT IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA... AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. $$ CUTTER  559 WGUS63 KLSX 282132 FFALSX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 332 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING POSSIBLE... .PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS MOVING INTO TO THE AREA TOWARDS DAYBREAK. GENERALLY AROUND AN INCH OF TOTAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM ...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. DUE TO THE SATURATED AND PARTIALLY FROZEN STATE OF THE SOIL ACROSS THE REGION...MOST OF THE RAINFALL EXPERIENCED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL BECOME RUNOFF. THIS RUNOFF COULD LEAD TO THE QUICK RISE AND FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS...AS IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH. ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036- 041-042-047>052-059>065-011030- /O.NEW.KLSX.FA.A.0004.070301T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL- MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-CALHOUN IL- JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-KNOX-LEWIS-SHELBY- MARION-MONROE-RALLS-PIKE-BOONE-AUDRAIN-MONITEAU-COLE-OSAGE- CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-GASCONADE-WARREN-ST. CHARLES-FRANKLIN- ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM... QUINCY...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...HANNIBAL...BOWLING GREEN... COLUMBIA...MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY...ST CHARLES...UNION... ST LOUIS 332 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN ILLINOIS...ADAMS IL...BOND IL... BROWN IL...CALHOUN IL...CLINTON IL...FAYETTE IL...GREENE IL... JERSEY IL...MACOUPIN IL...MADISON IL...MARION IL...MONROE IL... MONTGOMERY IL...PIKE IL...ST. CLAIR IL AND WASHINGTON IL. IN MISSOURI...AUDRAIN...BOONE...CALLAWAY...COLE...FRANKLIN... GASCONADE...JEFFERSON...KNOX...LEWIS...LINCOLN...MARION... MONITEAU...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...OSAGE...PIKE...RALLS... SHELBY...ST. CHARLES...ST. LOUIS...ST. LOUIS CITY AND WARREN. * FROM 6 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 6 PM THURSDAY EVENING * EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO CHECK ON PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. STAY INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. $$ BYRD  971 WGUS63 KLOT 282148 FFALOT FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 348 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING...AND WILL DEEPEN RAPIDLY AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. WITH PLENTY OF MILD...MOIST AIR SURGING NORTHWARD ACROSS ILLINOIS AND INDIANA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...AN INCH OR MORE OF SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT REMAINS IN THE EXISTING SNOW PACK ACROSS THE REGION. WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES...ICE JAMS MAY ALSO AFFECT AREA RIVERS. THE COMBINATION OF WATER RUN OFF FROM MELTING SNOW...LOCALLY HEAVY NEW RAINFALL...AND ICE JAMMING HAS THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 010600- /O.CON.KLOT.FA.A.0001.070301T0000Z-070302T1200Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE- DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON- IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN... OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...CHICAGO...OTTAWA...OSWEGO... MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY... VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...FOWLER 348 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 /448 PM EST WED FEB 28 2007/ ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND INDIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BOONE...COOK...DE KALB...DUPAGE...FORD... GRUNDY...IROQUOIS...KANE...KANKAKEE...KENDALL...LA SALLE... LAKE ILLINOIS...LEE...LIVINGSTON...MCHENRY...OGLE...WILL AND WINNEBAGO. IN INDIANA...BENTON...JASPER...LAKE INDIANA... NEWTON AND PORTER. * THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT * A STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE MIDWEST TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MAY BRING HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE TO PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. WITH WARMER AIR STREAMING NORTH AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...MELTING OF EXISTING SNOW PACK COULD ADD ANOTHER INCH OR MORE OF LIQUID WATER RUN OFF TO AREA RIVERS. THIS...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE JAMMING...MAY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT RISES AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...LIGHT SNOW...AND LIGHT SLEET WILL MOVE ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THIS EVENING...WITH OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$  649 WGUS63 KILX 282153 FFAILX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 353 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .ANOTHER STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY...DEEPENING RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. AHEAD OF THE LOW AND TRAILING COLD FRONT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS TONIGHT AND INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY. DUE TO THE STILL MOSTLY FROZEN SOIL CONDITIONS...NEARLY ALL OF THE RAIN WILL RUN OFF. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...STREAMS AND CREEKS...DUE TO PONDING OF SURFACE WATER. DIRECT RUNOFF INTO ALREADY FULL RIVERS WILL ENHANCE THE AREA RIVER FLOODING THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-010600- /O.CON.KILX.FA.A.0002.070301T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 353 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CASS...CHRISTIAN...DE WITT...FULTON... KNOX...LOGAN...MACON...MARSHALL...MASON...MCLEAN...MENARD... MORGAN...MOULTRIE...PEORIA...PIATT...SANGAMON...SCHUYLER... SCOTT...SHELBY...STARK...TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD. IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CHAMPAIGN...CLARK...COLES...CUMBERLAND... DOUGLAS...EDGAR AND VERMILION. IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...CLAY... CRAWFORD...EFFINGHAM...JASPER...LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND. * THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * A STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WILL BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS TO THE REGION. THIS RAINFALL OVER MOSTLY FROZEN SOIL WILL RESULT IN RUNOFF TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING... PLUS RIVER AND STREAM FLOODING. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$  776 WGUS63 KMKX 280245 FFAMKX URGENT-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 945 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN WISCONSIN ROCK RIVER AT AFTON AFFECTING ROCK COUNTY WIZ069-280845- /X.NEW.KMKX.FL.A.0003.070328T0245Z-000000T0000Z/ /AFTW3.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 945 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ROCK RIVER AT AFTON * FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE * AT 9 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.9 FEET * MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE * FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET * FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED BY 3 AM WEDNESDAY $$ && RIVER FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR SOME BUT NOT ALL RIVER GAGING LOCATIONS. A RIVER FORECAST IS A 7 DAY FORECAST AND TAKES INTO ACCOUNT PREDICTED PRECIPITATION FOR THE FIRST 24 HOURS. (STAGES IN FT.) BANK- LATEST FORECAST STAGES - FLOOD FULL OBSERVED .......FOR 6 PM........ LOCATION STAGE STAGE STAGE/TIME WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE AFTON 9.0 8.0 8.93 0930 PM 8.9 8.9 8.8 8.7 8.5 8.3 8.1 - HIGHEST 24 HOUR CHANGE - OBSERVED IN RIVER STAGE - STAGE IN (FT.) UP TO MAXIMUM STAGE - THE LAST LATEST OBSERVED FORECAST IN - 2 DAYS STAGE NEXT 7 DAYS AFTON 8.93 0930 PM TUE MAR 27 0.18 8.9 WED 1 AM ...BELOW IS PREDICTED PRECIPITATION INFORMATION FOR THE LISTED SITE... (AFTW3) 6-HOUR PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS (IN.) AFTON: 7 PM-1 AM 0.12 AFTON: 1 AM-7 AM 0.06 AFTON: 7 AM-1 PM 0.08 AFTON: 1 PM-7 PM 0.05 WOOD