ARE YOU READY FOR THE CREEKS TO RISE…?

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Here’s the latest from the National Weather Service on the “rain event” that  might cause the creeks to rise ’round these here parts:

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
455 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-211100-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
455 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEASTERN
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE REGION AND
INCREASE SOMEWHAT IN COVERAGE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
HEAVY RAIN IS FORECAST WITH SOME FLOODING LIKELY. REFER TO THE
FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT FOR DETAILS.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATE SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY EVENING...GENERALLY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWESTERN
INDIANA...AND ADJACENT PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI AND
SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS. LOCAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND PERHAPS A BRIEF
SHORT-LIVED TORNADO OR TWO APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN HAZARDS...AS
STRONG WIND FIELDS WILL BE IN PLACE ALOFT. HOWEVER...THE CHANCE OF
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE HIGHLY CONDITIONAL AND BASED ON HOW MUCH
INSTABILITY CAN DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. IN ADDITION...REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND/OR FLOODING WILL BE
APPRECIATED DURING THE UPCOMING HEAVY RAIN EVENT.