SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 907 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 300 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2009

/807 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009/
...STRONG STORM TO IMPACT HOLIDAY TRAVEL...
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
WEDNESDAY...THEN LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE MIDWEST BY FRIDAY.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND WEST OF ROUTE 31
WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY
BEGIN AS SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...BUT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THE
TRANSITION TO PLAIN RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
AREAS NORTH OF ROUTE 30 OVER FAR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST
OHIO AND FAR SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN MAY LINGER BELOW FREEZING DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY INTO THE EVENING WHERE THE GREATEST
POTENTIAL FOR ICE WILL BE. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL LIKELY BE
SLICK...CAUSING TRAVEL ISSUES.
TRAVEL THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE MIDWEST WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS
STORM SYSTEM. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR
LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 319 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 315 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009

/214 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
...STRONG STORM TO IMPACT HOLIDAY TRAVEL...
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND WEST OF STATE ROUTE
31 WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL
INITIALLY BEGIN AS SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...BUT IS EXPECTED TO
TRANSITION TO PLAIN RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
FURTHER EAST...MOST OF THE DAY MAY REMAIN DRY...BUT A PERIOD OF
LIGHT SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE.
THURSDAY NIGHT...PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME HEAVIER AND WILL
CHANGE TO ALL RAIN FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE EVENING. BEFORE
THIS CHANGEOVER OCCURS...A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS
LIKELY...PARTICULARLY NORTH OF STATE ROUTE 30. THIS WILL LIKELY
CAUSE SLICK TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED SURFACES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
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