HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1112 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH OCCURRED OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS
OVER THE PAST 48 HOURS...MANY RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE IN
FLOOD. THE ILLINOIS RIVER IS ON THE RISE AGAIN WITH BEARDSTOWN IN
FLOOD THIS MORNING. THE MACKINAW RIVER AT CONGERVILLE IS FLOODING...
WHILE PORTIONS OF THE SANGAMON RIVER IS IN FLOOD...ESPECIALLY FOR
MONTICELLO AND CHANDLERVILLE.
COLDER AIR WILL BE DRAWN INTO THE REGION...CAUSING LINGERING RAIN
OR DRIZZLE TO CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES.
TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING BY AFTERNOON...COUPLED WITH
THE FALLING SNOW...COULD PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
ACROSS THE AREA. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE
INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 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 LESS ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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