Weather Alert in Illinois
Flood Warning issued April 23 at 11:16AM CDT until April 25 at 3:00PM CDT by NWS Paducah KY
AREAS AFFECTED: Pulaski, IL; Ballard, KY
DESCRIPTION: ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Illinois...Kentucky...Missouri... Ohio River at Cairo, Olmsted Lock and Dam, and Shawneetown. .The Ohio River is forecast to continue its fall at Shawneetown, Olmsted, and Cairo. For the Ohio River...including Shawneetown, Olmsted Lock and Dam, Cairo...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Ohio River at Olmsted Lock and Dam. * WHEN...Until Friday afternoon. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 11:00 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 40.6 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage late Friday morning and continue falling to 22.0 feet Saturday, May 3. - Flood stage is 36.0 feet.
INSTRUCTION: Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth
back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.
Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because
molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor.
In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.
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A fractus cloud (scud) is a fragmented, tattered cloud which has
likely been sheared off of another cloud. They are accessory clouds, meaning they
develop from parent clouds, and are named in a way which describes the original
cloud which contained them.
Fractus clouds which have originated from cumulus clouds are referred to as
cumulus fractus, while fractus clouds which have originated from stratus clouds
are referred to as stratus fractus. Under certain conditions a fractus cloud might
merge with another cloud, or develop into a cumulus cloud, but usually a
fractus cloud seen by itself will dissipate rapidly.
They are often observed on the leading and trailing edges of storm clouds,
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