HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 346 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST WEDNESDAY...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF
I-74. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE
ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER MANY ROADS AND OVERPASSES WILL BECOME SLICK
AND HAZARDOUS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING ON
WEDNESDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.
RAIN WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN WILL BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
EXPECTED...LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM.
AS THE SYSTEM PUSHES FURTHER NORTHEAST...COLDER AIR WILL BE
DRAWN INTO THE REGION ON FRIDAY...CAUSING LINGERING RAIN SHOWERS
TO CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING BY
LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...COUPLED WITH THE FALLING
SNOW...COULD PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
$$

FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 310 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...INTENSE WINTER STORM TO BRING THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL
TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATER WEDNESDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK SLOWLY OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TOMORROW
AND TAP ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE AS IT HEADS TOWARD CENTRAL ILLINOIS
CHRISTMAS EVE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE
IF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
310 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CASS...CHRISTIAN...DE WITT...
FULTON...KNOX...LOGAN...MACON...MARSHALL...MASON...MCLEAN...
MENARD...MORGAN...MOULTRIE...PEORIA...PIATT...SANGAMON...
SCHUYLER...SCOTT...SHELBY...STARK...TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD. IN
EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CHAMPAIGN...CLARK...COLES...
CUMBERLAND...DOUGLAS...EDGAR AND VERMILION. IN SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS...CLAY...CRAWFORD...EFFINGHAM...JASPER...LAWRENCE AND
RICHLAND.
* FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
* PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS.
* THE LATEST SOIL TEMPERATURES ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS INDICATE
THE FROST DEPTH AT BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF THE
EXPECTED RAINFALL COUPLED WITH THE FROZEN TOPSOIL WILL HELP TO
PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO AREA RIVERS...CREEKS AND
STREAMS.
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.
$$
SMITH

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 257 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

...FREEZING DRIZZLE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...
.FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATER
THIS EVENING...THEN CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL REMAIN ON THE LIGHT SIDE...GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF
AN INCH...HOWEVER DRIVING CONDITIONS COULD BECOME SLICK AND
HAZARDOUS NORTH OF I-74.
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VERMILION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE
257 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY.
* TEMPERATURES WILL DIP BELOW THE FREEZING MARK BY 9 PM THIS
EVENING...THEN RISE BACK ABOVE FREEZING WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS
WILL BE THE PRIMARY TIME FOR ICING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE
QUARTER OF AN INCH.
* SECONDARY ROADS AND OVERPASSES WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
DRIVERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO ARRIVE
AT THEIR DESTINATIONS...PARTICULARLY DURING THE WEDNESDAY
MORNING COMMUTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...FORECASTS...AND
WARNINGS.
$$
BARNES