SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 350 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 515 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR DE WITT...EASTERN MASON...LOGAN...
MACON...MOULTRIE...NORTHEASTERN MENARD...NORTHEASTERN SANGAMON...
NORTHEASTERN SHELBY...NORTHERN CHRISTIAN...NORTHWESTERN COLES...
PIATT...SOUTHERN PEORIA...SOUTHERN TAZEWELL...SOUTHWESTERN
CHAMPAIGN...SOUTHWESTERN MCLEAN AND WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL
515 AM CST...
AT 346 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
LINE OF SHOWERS ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WIND GUSTS...EXTENDING FROM NEAR
PETERSBURG SOUTH SOUTHEAST 13 MILES WEST OF DECATUR TO JUST NORTH OF
FINDLAY...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
WINDS UP TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THIS LINE OVER THE NEXT HOUR
AND A HALF.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LATHAM...
MOUNT PULASKI...
CHESTNUT...
KENNEY...
BEASON...
LINCOLN...
BETHANY...
MONTICELLO...
LOVINGTON...
MCLEAN...
DELAVAN...
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
LAT...LON 4063 8988 4009 8830 3940 8851 4008 8973
TIME...MOT...LOC 0947Z 170DEG 46KT 3985 8919
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 243 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH
TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF RAIN OF A HALF TO 1 INCH WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS BY MIDNIGHT. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN...FALLING ON
A PARTIALLY FROZEN GROUND FROM I-74 NORTH...WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. PLEASE
CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS INCLUDING
RIVERS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AS THE SYSTEM PUSHES FURTHER NORTHEAST ON CHRISTMAS DAY...COLDER
AIR WILL BE DRAWN INTO THE REGION...CAUSING LINGERING RAIN OR
DRIZZLE TO CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES. TEMPERATURES DROPPING
BELOW FREEZING BY AFTERNOON CHRISTMAS DAY...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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