Eldena, Illinois

... Flood Watch remains in effect until 6 am CST /7 am EST/
Friday...

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 6 am CST /7 am EST/ Friday.

* Rain... at times moderate to heavy... will continue through the
overnight hours. Total rainfall amounts of 1.5 to 2 inches will
be common... .with the potential for locally higher rainfall
totals by Friday morning.

* Current snow cover ranges from 4 to 8 inches across northwest
Illinois to 1 to 3 inches across Northwest Indiana. As the snow
melts and moderate to occasional heavy rain develops... rapid
runoff due to frozen ground conditions will result in
significant 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 possible
flood warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be
prepared to take action should flooding develop.



Lenning

An already strong low pressure system over southern Missouri will
strengthen even further overnight as it moves north into Iowa. On
the northeast side of this storm system... portions of north
central Illinois are seeing winds near 30 mph gusting to around
35 mph. This is in the same area where freezing rain has coated
tree limbs and power lines. Some of this ice has started to
melt... but temperatures are hovering barely above freezing in
many locations. Winds are not expected to increase much more
overnight... but until this low pressure system starts to pull away
to the west tomorrow morning... the combination of strong winds and
residual ice could cause additional problems with falling tree
limbs and power lines in some locations.


Lenning

12/23/2009 0900 PM

Franklin Grove, Lee County.

Freezing rain e0.25 inch, reported by broadcast media.


            1/4 inch ice accumulation.Still raining with an air
            temperature of 32 degrees.




12/23/2009 1000 PM

3 miles NNW of Dixon, Lee County.

Freezing rain e0.40 inch, reported by trained spotter.


            3/8 of an inch ice accumulation. With gusty winds, limbs
            have fallen onto house.




12/23/2009 1022 PM

Dixon, Lee County.

Freezing rain e0.25 inch, reported by broadcast media.


            Ice accumulation. Spotter report relayed by wrex TV




12/23/2009 1000 PM

3 miles NNW of Dixon, Lee County.

Freezing rain e0.40 inch, reported by trained spotter.


            3/8 of an inch ice accumulation. With gusty winds, limbs
            have fallen onto house.





12/23/2009 1022 PM

Dixon, Lee County.

Freezing rain e0.25 inch, reported by broadcast media.


            Ice accumulation. Spotter report relayed by wrex TV





12/23/2009 0900 PM

Franklin Grove, Lee County.

Freezing rain e0.25 inch, reported by broadcast media.


            1/4 inch ice accumulation.Still raining with an air
            temperature of 32 degrees.

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 6pm ending 6am snow
                today today depth at 6pm
Illinois

Batavia / T /
Beach Park / 0.7 /
Beecher / 0.0 /
Downers Grove 0.0 / T / 3
Melrose Park 0.0 / 0.3 / 5
Oak Brook 0.0 / T / 3
Peotone 0.0 / 0.0 / 2
Plainfield 4sw 0.0 / 0.0 / 2
Richton Park / 0.0 /
South Beloit 3se / T /
WillowBrook 0.0 / T / 2
Yorkville 2se 0.0 / 0.0 / 3

Northwest Indiana

Highland 0.0 / / 0