HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 337 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST WEDNESDAY...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF
I-74. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE
ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER MANY ROADS AND OVERPASSES WILL BECOME SLICK
AND HAZARDOUS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING ON
WEDNESDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.
RAIN WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN WILL BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
EXPECTED...LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM.
AS THE SYSTEM PUSHES FURTHER NORTHEAST...COLDER AIR WILL BE
DRAWN INTO THE REGION ON FRIDAY...CAUSING LINGERING RAIN SHOWERS
TO CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING BY
LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...COUPLED WITH THE FALLING
SNOW...COULD PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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