HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 440 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009
Expiration: 430 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009
...HIGH IMPACT...VERY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM CONTINUES TODAY...
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
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING BEFORE
SLOWLY ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY MID
MORNING WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN
RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. SNOW DRIFTS OF 3 TO OVER 6 FEET WILL BECOME
COMMON BY LATE AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN IOWA AND EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS INTO THIS EVENING.
FALLING TEMPERATURES AND VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND
CHILLS STARTING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
HEADLINES FOR DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MAY BE NEEDED AT SOME POINT IN
THE FUTURE.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS STORM THAT COULD RESULT IN PROLONGED
POWER OUTAGES OVER LARGE AREAS AND DAMAGE FROM FALLEN TREES OR LARGE
TREE LIMBS. INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS SHOULD MONITOR THIS PRODUCT AND
OTHER LOCAL OFFICE WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND
MORE SPECIFICS ON THIS POWERFUL SYSTEM AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 20
TO 30 BELOW ZERO THURSDAY MORNING. HEADLINES FOR THIS COLD WILL
LIKELY BE NEEDED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER REPORTS REGARDING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND WINTER WEATHER
IMPACTS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED TODAY.
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