HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 445 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 445 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST
CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A LARGE WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE RAIN WHICH WILL CHANGE TO SNOW
IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AND WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS THIS MORNING...AND IN EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA
AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON.
SHARPLY COLDER AIR ON STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA
FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND PRECIPITATE THIS CHANGE. THE RAPID CHANGE
TO BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY CAUSE PONDED WATER TO FREEZE ON
AREA ROADS AND SIDEWALKS MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.
AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST
FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT COULD TALLY BETWEEN 2 AND
4 INCHES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED...BUT REPORTS OF RAIN
CHANGING TO SNOW AND SNOW TOTALS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
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