SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 145 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 445 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...FREEZING FOG POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING...
FOG WAS GRADUALLY BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD EARLY THIS
MORNING. SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PERRYVILLE MISSOURI...THROUGH MARION
ILLINOIS...TO MADISONVILLE KENTUCKY...MANY LOCATIONS WERE REPORTING
VISIBILITY AROUND ONE MILE AS OF 1 AM. POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI
REPORTED DENSE FOG WITH A VISIBILITY OF ONE QUARTER MILE.
TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING. AS A
RESULT...THE FOG MAY DEPOSIT A VERY THIN COATING OF ICE ON SOME BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES. THE GREATEST RISK OF THIS OCCURRENCE IS OVER
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND THE PURCHASE AREA OF WESTERN
KENTUCKY...WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR 30 DEGREES.
THROUGH AT LEAST SUNRISE...MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE SPECIAL
CAUTION ON BRIDGES. BE ALERT FOR ICY SPOTS ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1129 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
QUAD STATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND FOR THE ENTIRE AREA
THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT
DUE TO EXTREMELY STRONG WIND FIELDS...INSTABILITY SUFFICIENT TO
SUPPORT SEVERE STORMS DOES NOT SEEM LIKELY TO DEVELOP AT THIS
TIME. WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN APPEARS TO BE THE PRIMARY
CONCERN AT THIS TIME. STAY TUNED TO THIS VERY DYNAMIC SYSTEM AS IT
APPROACHES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED BY MID WEEK.
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