HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 608 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 Expiration: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
PERIODS OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TODAY AND THIS EVENING...WITH
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF RAIN BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES. 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.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
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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