Dana, Illinois

The Flood Warning continues for
the Illinois River at La Salle.
* From this afternoon until further notice.
* At 430 am Friday the stage was 17.2 feet.
* Flood stage is 20.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast... rise above flood stage by this afternoon and continue to
rise to near 24.5 feet by early Sunday morning.

552 am CST Fri Dec 25 2009

The Flood Warning continues for
the Illinois River at Ottawa.
* From Saturday morning to Tuesday morning.
* At 445 am Friday the stage was 460.7 feet.
* Flood stage is 463.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast... rise above flood stage by Saturday morning and continue
to rise to near 464.0 feet by Sunday afternoon. The river will fall
below flood stage by early Tuesday morning.
* Impact... at 463.9 feet... top of Fox River bank at Ottawa regional
hospital. Flooding begins at central school.

508 am CST Fri Dec 25 2009

The Flood Warning continues for
the Vermilion river near Leonore.
* From this morning to Monday afternoon.
* At 345 am Friday the stage was 13.8 feet.
* Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast... rise above flood stage by late this morning and continue
to rise to near 20.4 feet by Saturday evening. The river will fall
below flood stage by Monday morning.

332 am CST Fri Dec 25 2009

... The Flood Warning remains in effect until 1115 am CST for urban
areas and small streams in northern La Salle... Lee... DeKalb... Ogle...
Boone... western McHenry and Winnebago counties...

At 330 am CST... National Weather Service radar indicated a large
area of rain across far northern Illinois... with another large area
of showers lifting northward into central Illinois from southern
Illinois. Reports from across the area have indicated storm total
rainfall amounts of between 1 and 2 inches have fallen through 3 am
CST... with an additional half inch possible this morning as the
second area of rain across central Illinois moves across the area.
This rain is falling onto saturated and possibly even frozen
ground. Low lying areas along creeks and streams are likely to
experience flooding as runoff from this rain... together with melting
ice and snow... causes water levels to rise overnight. Flooding is
likely to persist for a while this morning even after the heaviest
rain comes to an end.

Earlier this morning at 130 am CST... standing water was being
reported on Illinois Route 251 at north 46 Road just north of
Mendota in La Salle country.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

Be especially cautious at night when it is more difficult to see
water on the Road or judge how deep it is. Do not drive into areas
where water covers the Road.


Lat... Lon 4249 8862 4136 8861 4135 8917 4159 8918
      4159 8964 4193 8964 4194 8969 4219 8970
      4221 8941 4250 8940


Marsili

... Flood Watch remains in effect until noon CST /1 PM EST/
today...

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 IL... Lee... Livingston... McHenry... Ogle... will and
Winnebago. In Indiana... Benton... Jasper... Lake in... Newton and
Porter.

* Until noon CST /1 PM EST/ today.

* Occasional rain showers will continue today with additional
rainfall amounts of around a quarter of an inch possible. Most
of this additional rainfall is expected this morning. Storm
total liquid precipitation amounts have ranged from a half inch
to around two inches with the higher amounts across north
central Illinois.

* Continued snowmelt early this morning combined with the recent
rainfall will produce runoff due to frozen ground conditions
that will result in continued rises on area rivers. Flooding
across low lying and other flood prone areas will also be
possible.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on
current forecasts.

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for additional
flood warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be
prepared to take action should flooding develop.

12/25/2009 0130 am

2 miles N of Mendota, La Salle County.

Flood, reported by law enforcement.


            Standing water being reported on Illinois Route 251 at
            north 46 Road.

Snowfall and snow depth reports.
Data provided by National Weather Service Chicago area and Rockford
area snowfall team.

                12 hr snowfall 12 hr snowfall total
location ending 6am ending 6pm snow
                today yesterday depth at 6am
Illinois

Beach Park 0.0 / 0.0 / 3
Beecher / 0.0 /
Downers Grove 0.0 / 0.0 / 3
Melrose Park 0.0 / 0.0 / 4
Oak Brook / 0.0 /
Peotone 0.0 / 0.0 / 1
Plainfield 4sw 0.0 / 0.0 / 0
WillowBrook 0.0 / 0.0 / 2
Yorkville 2se / 0.0 /

Northwest Indiana

Highland 0.0 / 0.0 / 0