The weather in the midwest is known to change very rapidly. However, today the National Weather Service had a Flood Watch and Winter Weather Watch.
The Flood Watch is below.
O.CON.KLOT.FA.A.0003.080217T0900Z- 080217T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.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 1110 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 /1210 PM EST SAT FEB 16 2008/
…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON…
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 LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT…AROUND MIDNIGHT OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ALSO POSSIBLE. RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING… BEFORE TURNING MORE SHOWERY BY AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE LIKELY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY.
* OVER SNOW COVERED AREAS…FOG FORMATION AND RAINFALL WILL ACCELERATE SNOW MELT…WITH SNOW ON THE GROUND LIQUID WATER EQUIVALENTS RANGING FROM OVER TWO INCHES FROM ROCKFORD…THROUGH THE NORTHERN CHICAGO SUBURBS…TO LESS THAN AN INCH NEAR THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR.
THE HEAVY RAINFALL…AND RAPID RUNOFF DUE TO FROZEN GROUND WILL LEAD TO A HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF FLOODING OF BOTH LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS AS WELL AS AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS.
MONITOR FORECAST UPDATES AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
The Winter Storm Watch read as follows
Winter Storm Watch
/O.CON.KLOT.WS.A.0003.080217T0600Z- 080217T1800Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY- LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ROCKFORD… WOODSTOCK…WAUKEGAN… OREGON… DIXON…DEKALB 1056 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
…WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING…
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATE TONIGHT. A FEW HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING AND PRECIPITATION TURNS TO ALL RAIN. PRIOR TO THAT…SOME AREAS COULD SEE A PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANT ICING LATE TONIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF GLAZE.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW… SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
