HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 458 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST MON DEC 28 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST
CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW OVERNIGHT INTO THIS MORNING WILL LEAD TO
NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES BY LATE MORNING GENERALLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY
RECEIVE UP TO 4 INCHES. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 WILL GET
AN INCH OR LESS. THIS NEW SNOWFALL WILL PRESENT SLICK CONDITIONS FOR
SUNDAY MORNING TRAVELERS. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND MAY GUST UP TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. WITH
ALL THE LIGHT FLUFFY SNOW THAT HAS FALLEN OVER THE WEEKEND...THESE
WINDS WILL PRODUCE PLENTY OF DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW. A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR
AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FAIRFIELD IOWA...TO
MONMOUTH ILLINOIS FOR THE COMBINATION OF NEW SNOWFALL THIS MORNING
AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER ROADS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE ADVISORY
MAY HAVE TO BE EXPANDED NORTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WINDS
INCREASE LEADING TO DRIFTING SNOW...SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
AREA-WIDE.
AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD
STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. ICE JAMS ARE POSSIBLE ON
TRIBUTARY RIVERS THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED TODAY.
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