HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 306 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
PEOPLE ALONG SUGAR CREEK NEED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER
FORECASTS THROUGH SATURDAY AS WATER CONTINUES TO BE RELEASED FROM
SPAULDING DAM DUE TO UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE WEDNESDAY.
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR INTO TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES
IN THE 20S...COUPLED WITH THE FALLING SNOW...COULD PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF TO
1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE INTO TONIGHT. STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DRIVE
WIND CHILLS DOWN AS WELL.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND AS THE STORM
WILL BE SLOW TO PULL OUT OF OUR AREA. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH
ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 201 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 615 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO
THIS EVENING. SNOW SHOWERS COULD BRIEFLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS
THAN A MILE AT TIMES ESPECIALLY FROM I-72 NORTH. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
SHOULD STAY AROUND A HALF INCH OR LESS...THOUGH A FEW AREAS FROM I-72
NORTH COULD SEE BETWEEN A HALF AND 1 INCH OF SNOW BY EARLY EVENING.
BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S WILL CAUSE SOME ICING TO
DEVELOP ON UNTREATED WET ROADWAYS. REDUCE YOUR SPEED AND BE
CAUTIOUS IF TRAVELING INTO THIS EVENING DUE TO SNOW SHOWERS AND
ICING POSSIBILITIES.
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