HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 331 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN ONE QUARTER
AND ONE HALF AN INCH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY.
1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS
POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN...FALLING ON FROZEN GROUND...WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR
LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
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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