HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 456 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED.
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TONIGHT WEST OF A
CARMI ILLINOIS TO MURRAY KENTUCKY LINE. HOWEVER...NO SEVERE STORMS
ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT... MAINLY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY...MAINLY WEST OF
A CARMI ILLINOIS TO MURRAY KENTUCKY LINE. ALTHOUGH ISOLATED SEVERE
STORMS CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT DUE TO VERY STRONG WIND
FIELDS...A LACK OF OVERALL INSTABILITY SHOULD PRECLUDE MUCH IN THE
WAY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN APPEARS TO BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN AT THIS TIME.
A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED ON THURSDAY. QUITE WINDY CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AS IT TRAVERSES THE QUAD
STATE REGION. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH MAY GUST OVER 40 MPH
AT SOME LOCATIONS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...
REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL OR FLOODING SHOULD BE RELAYED TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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