HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 428 AM CST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 430 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PORTIONS OF THE UPPER DES PLAINES AND ILLINOIS RIVERS WILL REMAIN
IN FLOOD.
A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL BRING LIGHT SNOW TO THE
AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS
PERIOD OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED THAT COULD RESULT IN SOME
SLICK ROADWAYS. MOST OF THIS SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
SOME LOCALIZED WATER LEVEL RISES ON AREA RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE DUE
TO ICE JAMS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
PORTIONS OF THE UPPER DES PLAINES AND ILLINOIS RIVERS WILL REMAIN
IN FLOOD THROUGH FRIDAY.
LOCALIZED ICE JAM FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON AREA RIVERS AS ANOTHER
ARCTIC AIR MASS MOVES INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY...AND LINGERS
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...ANY REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATION TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL
BE APPRECIATED.
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COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO
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