HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 309 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT FROM
PEORIA NORTH AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH
EARLY EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS INTO THIS
EVENING.
MANY RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS CONTINUE TO BE IN FLOOD FROM THE
HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH OCCURRED OVER THE AREA THIS PAST WEEK. 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...
CHANDLERVILLE AND OAKFORD.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY WILL BRING ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES BEFORE
DIMINISHING TO FLURRIES LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...
SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM OUR COOP AND MESONET NETWORKS WOULD BE
APPRECIATED THIS CHRISTMAS WEEKEND.
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