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NOAA Advisory Zone 050
Updated: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:58:35
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...
REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE REGION
BEGINNING THURSDAY...PERHAPS AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE
FORECAST TRACK OF HERMINE BRINGS THE SYSTEM NORTH THROUGH OKLAHOMA
BEFORE VEERING TO THE NORTHEAST AND TREKKING EAST THROUGH MISSOURI
AND INTO ILLINOIS ROUGHLY ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 70
CORRIDOR. WITH THIS STORM...PROLONGED PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL
ARE EXPECTED...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ON CREEKS...
STREAMS...AND SMALLER RIVERS. ASSOCIATED RUNOFF ACROSS LARGER
RIVER BASINS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE MAINSTEMS OF BOTH THE MISSOURI
RIVER...MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND LOWER PORTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS
RIVER. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED 1 TO 3
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN AREAS AFFECTED BY STRONGER
EMBEDDED STORMS.
PEOPLE LIVING OR TRAVELING NEAR CREEKS...STREAMS...OR LOW LYING
FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
THE LATEST FORECASTS THROUGH FRIDAY.
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JP
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