SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 727 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1000 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS TONIGHT.
SNOW SHOWERS COULD BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD STAY LESS THAN HALF INCH. BELOW FREEZING
TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S WILL CAUSE SOME ICING TO DEVELOP ON
UNTREATED WET ROADWAYS. REDUCE YOUR SPEED AND BE CAUTIOUS IF
TRAVELING TONIGHT DUE TO SNOW SHOWERS AND ICING POSSIBILITIES.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 306 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WHICH OCCURRED OVER
CENTRAL ILLINOIS SINCE WEDNESDAY...MANY RIVERS...CREEKS AND
STREAMS WERE IN FLOOD. THE ILLINOIS RIVER IS ON THE RISE AGAIN
WITH HAVANA AND BEARDSTOWN IN FLOOD. THE MACKINAW RIVER AT
CONGERVILLE AND SPOON RIVER AT SEVILLE AND LONDON MILLS IS
FLOODING... WHILE PORTIONS OF THE SANGAMON RIVER IS IN
FLOOD...ESPECIALLY FOR MONTICELLO AND CHANDLERVILLE AND OAKFORD
EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STATE OVERNIGHT.
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR INTO TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES
IN THE 20S...COUPLED WITH THE FALLING SNOW...COULD PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF TO
1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE INTO TONIGHT. STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST
WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH... WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH
WILL DRIVE WIND CHILLS DOWN AS WELL.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND AS THE STORM
WILL BE SLOW TO PULL OUT OF OUR AREA. ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR
SO ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM PEORIA
NORTH.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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