Peoria, Illinois

The Flood Warning continues for
the Illinois River near Peoria.
* Until Thursday November 12... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 630 PM Thursday the stage was 20.8 feet.
* Flood stage is 18.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast... the river will continue to fall to below flood stage by
Wednesday evening.
* Impact... at 22.7 feet... flooding begins to low lying areas in Peoria
Heights and peoria's Riverfront Park.



                  Fld observed forecast 6am
location stg stg day time Fri Sat sun

Illinois River
Peoria 18 20.8 Thu 6 PM 20.6 20.2 19.7

... National Weather Service central Illinois (lincoln, il)
commissions the radiosonde replacement system...

After extensive testing, on September 30, 2009, noaa's
National Weather Service office in Lincoln, Illinois
officially commissioned the radiosonde replacement system
(rrs) which is an integral component of the upper air
observation program. This system commissioning includes
advanced technologies such as tracking utilizing the global
positioning system.

The rrs network serves as an integral component in gathering weather
data from the atmosphere. The data format of the upper air
observations will remain the same although the length of the coded
messages will increase due to higher resolution of data.
The changes are reflected in modeling and forecasts issued by
the National Weather Service.

The rrs supports noaa's cross-cutting priority to integrate
global environmental observations and data management and
provides critical support for noaa's mission.

If you have any questions regarding the implementation of the rrs...
please contact:

National Weather Service
central Illinois
phone: 217-732-2871
Point of contact: billy Ousley