FLOOD WARNING
Issue Date: 1038 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN ILLINOIS...
  ILLINOIS RIVER AT HAVANA AFFECTING FULTON AND MASON COUNTIES
  ILLINOIS RIVER AT BEARDSTOWN AFFECTING BROWN...CASS...MORGAN AND
  SCHUYLER COUNTIES
THE FOLLOWING FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED PRECIPITATION AND
PRECIPITATION FORECAST THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE. TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.
ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ILX  /LOWER CASE/.
&&
ILC057-125-070638-
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1038 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE ILLINOIS RIVER AT HAVANA.
* UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  930 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.8 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
  TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 14.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING BEGINS TO AGRICULTURAL AREAS
  NOT PROTECTED BY LEVEES.
&&
                  FLD  OBSERVED         FORECAST 6AM
LOCATION          STG  STG  DAY TIME    MON    TUE    WED
ILLINOIS RIVER
 HAVANA            14  14.8 SUN 9 AM    14.5   14.1   13.8
$$

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 342 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON HEADED FOR CENTRAL IL...
.WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH
MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE DIRECTLY
ACROSS CENTRAL IL FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
THIS PATH WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW UP TO 6
INCHES FOR AREAS NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. THERE WILL BE A
SHARP CUTOFF BETWEEN HEAVY SNOW AND RAINY AREAS...AS A STRONG PUSH
OF WARM AIR SURGES NORTH INTO EASTERN ILLINOIS...AHEAD OF THE LOW
ON TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE MAY BE PERIODS OF SLEET IN THE TRANSITION
AREA BETWEEN RAIN AND SNOW...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY EVENING. THIS
WOULD WORK TO REDUCE SNOW TOTALS CLOSER TO THE ILLINOIS RIVER.
STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY...CAUSING
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE WATCH AREA.
ILZ027>030-036-040-071030-
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KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA
342 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY
BETWEEN 7 PM AND 4 AM.
* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW TOTALS UP TO 6 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM
RUSHVILLE...TO CANTON...TO LACON. PERIODS OF SLEET WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE TUESDAY EVENING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT SLEET
ACCUMULATION.
* WIND: EAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING HEAVY SNOW
TUESDAY NIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ON WEDNESDAY WILL
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH REDUCED
VISIBILITY.
* IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AS ROADS
QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. REDUCED VISIBILITY IS ALSO EXPECTED DUE TO THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
SHIMON

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 326 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AND BRING SOME LIGHT
SNOW TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT. A MINOR ACCUMULATION OF
ONE HALF INCH OR LESS IS POSSIBLE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY...PRODUCING
A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL
FOR SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS
NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. ONCE THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE
NORTHEAST...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY...WITH
GUSTS POSSIBLY INCREASING TO BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
$$