HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 428 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 415 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

/504 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE
OUTLOOK AREA. PRECIPITATION SOUTH OF I-80 IS EXPECTED TO
PRIMARILY BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN...THOUGH A FEW POCKETS OF
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...OR SNOW CAN'T BE RULED OUT. NORTH OF
I-80...FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND PERHAPS A FEW SNOW
FLAKES THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN NEARLY STEADY THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH THOSE LOCATIONS
THAT HAVE NOT YET REACHED THE FREEZING MARK LIKELY NOT DOING SO
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
WHILE THE EXACT TIMING OF TEMPERATURES RISING ABOVE FREEZING IS
UNCERTAIN AT ANY GIVEN LOCATION...IT DOES APPEAR THAT BY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE TRANSITIONED TO ABOVE
FREEZING AT MOST LOCATIONS...CHANGING PRECIPITATION OVER TO RAIN.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA. PLEASE REFERENCE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENTS FOR
THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION...AS WELL AS ANY CHANGES TO THE
CURRENT ADVISORIES IN EFFECT...ALONG WITH ANY ADDITIONAL
WATCES...WARNINGS...OR ADVISORIES THAT MAY BE ISSUED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN DURING THE LATE MORNING
AND EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
GIVEN THE POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH MELTING SNOW
AND FROZEN GROUND...FLOODING OF RIVERS AND LOW LYING AREAS
APPEARS LIKELY.
COLDER AIR WILL THEN CIRCULATE AROUND THE STORM CENTER ALLOWING
PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS ON
CHRISTMAS DAY...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY
AS THE LOW CENTER DRIFTS OFF ACROSS THE MIDWEST.
A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE OUTLOOK AREA.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY ACCUMULATIONS OF
SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN...AS WELL AS ANY OBSERVED FLOODING...TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO.
&&
COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO
$$

FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 345 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
.A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE
NORTH TO IOWA BY FRIDAY MORNING. AFTER A PERIOD OF WINTRY
PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING...WARM
MOIST AIR WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA WITH PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
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LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...
WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...
FOWLER
345 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 /445 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009/
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND INDIANA...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BOONE...COOK...DE KALB...
DUPAGE...FORD...GRUNDY...IROQUOIS...KANE...KANKAKEE...
KENDALL...LA SALLE...LAKE IL...LEE...LIVINGSTON...MCHENRY...
OGLE...WILL AND WINNEBAGO. IN INDIANA...BENTON...JASPER...LAKE
IN...NEWTON AND PORTER.
* FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.
* HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND
NORTHWEST INDIANA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES WILL BE COMMON. SOME AREAS MAY RECEIVE AS MUCH AS 3
INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING.
* THE DEPTH OF THE CURRENT SNOW PACK RANGES FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES
OVER NORTHWEST ILLINOIS TO 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS NORTHWEST
INDIANA. AS THIS SNOW MELTS...COMBINED WITH THE EXPECTED HEAVY
RAIN...AND FROZEN GROUND CONDITIONS...RAPID RUNOFF AND RISES ON
AREA RIVERS ARE EXPECTED. SOME RIVERS MAY REACH OR EXCEED FLOOD
STAGE. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE.
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.
$$

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 1131 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...WINTER STORM TO BRING SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO AREA WEDNESDAY
INTO THURSDAY...
.LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM WILL LIFT
FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH
THURSDAY. WHILE THE TRACK OF THE STORM WILL KEEP HEAVY SNOWS WEST
OF THE AREA...WARM MOIST AIR FLOWING NORTH ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS
AND INDIANA WILL RIDE UP OVER COLD AIR NEAR THE GROUND...AND IS
EXPECTED TO RESULT IN A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN UP
TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION OVER PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA
ESPECIALLY LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SURFACE
TEMPERATURES WILL THEN RISE ABOVE FREEZING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BY
MIDDAY THURSDAY...WITH PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO RAIN OVER THE
AREA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
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LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-
JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...GARY...
VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER
1131 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.
* TIMING...LIGHT SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN DURING THE DAY
WEDNESDAY. HEAVIEST FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY
EVENING INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE.
* HAZARDS...ACCUMULATION. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW MAY MIX AS
PRECIPITATION BEGINS ON WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...GLAZING OF ROADWAYS...PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS. THIS
WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES.
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.
$$
RATZER