HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 316 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009 Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...AS A STORM
SYSTEM TRACKS NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THESE ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE STORMS SOUTH OF I-70
MAY PRODUCE HAIL.
THE RAIN WEST OF I-57 SHOULD BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW LATE
IN THE NIGHT...BUT ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
ONCE THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...
VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP...WITH GUSTS INCREASING TO
BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...WITH COLDER AIR SPREADING OVER THE
AREA...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL BELOW ZERO BY THURSDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
$$ WIND ADVISORY Issue Date: 218 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009 Expiration: 600 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...
.A RAPIDLY DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE JUST WEST OF
THE ILLINOIS RIVER OVERNIGHT...EXITING THE NORTHEAST TIP OF THE
STATE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...IN THE CIRCULATION BEHIND THIS
DEPARTING LOW. WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE LIKELY LATE MORNING
INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN...
CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...
EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
218 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING: WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE RAPIDLY AROUND
SUNRISE...AND WILL BE STRONGEST LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON.
* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...AND WILL
GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I-72.
* IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGE TO
TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES...AS WELL AS LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS
NOT ANCHORED TO THE GROUND. TRAVEL ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS WILL BE
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE ANY SUBSTANTIAL
ACCUMULATION OCCURS TONIGHT...MOST LIKELY IN AREAS NORTH OF I-74.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
$$
GEELHART
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