Flood Warning
Expires 10:28 AM CST on November 25, 2009
Statement as of 10:29 am CST on November 24, 2009
The Flood Warning continues for
the Illinois River at Meredosia.
* At 9 am Tuesday the stage was 437.2 feet.
* Flood stage is 432.0 feet.
* Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast.
* Forecast... the river is forecast to continue slowly falling to near
436 feet by Sunday morning.
* Impact... at 436.0 feet... the city of Meredosia plugs storm sewer
outlets.
* Impact... at 435.4 feet... the Meredosia boat dock floods.
1028 am CST Tue Nov 24 2009
The Flood Warning continues for
the Illinois River at Beardstown.
* Until further notice... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 10 am Tuesday the stage was 20 feet.
* Flood stage is 14 feet.
* Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast.
* Forecast... the river will continue to fall to a stage of 19.9 feet
by Wednesday morning.
Fld observed forecast 6am
location stg stg day time Wed Thu Fri
Illinois River
Beardstown 14 20.0 Tue 10 am 19.9 19.7 19.6
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 2:30 PM CST on November 24, 2009
Subject: experimental use of bulleted winter storm /WSW/
and non-precipitation /npw/ watch... warning and
advisory products
Beginning December 8 2009 and ending may 29 2010... the Lincoln
Illinois weather forecast office /WFO/ will begin modifying the
winter weather /WSW/ and non-precipitation /npw/ formats to
produce experimental bulleted watch... warning and advisory
products with a format similar to severe thunderstorm and flash
flood warnings.
These formats are easier for users to read and quickly gather
vital information during hazardous winter and non-precipitation
events. During the test period... the Lincoln Illinois WFO may
temporarily revert back to the current format to maintain
mission critical warning services.
A product description document /pdd/ for these experimental
products... including a list of other affected wfos... and
examples of the bullet formatted WSW and npw products are
available at /use lowercase/:
http://products.Weather.Gov/viewliste.Php
Public comments are requested through may 29 2010 at /use
lowercase/:
http://www.Weather.Gov/survey/NWS-survey.Php?Code=wswnpw
Upon the completion of this experimental period... the NWS will
evaluate all received comments to determine whether or not to
proceed with the full implementation of bulleted WSW/npw
products nationwide.
If you have comments or questions regarding this public
information statement... please contact:
Chris Miller, warning coordination meteorologist
National Weather Service
Lincoln, IL
Chris.Miller@noaa.Gov
