HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 443 AM CST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 445 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST
CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA
THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH MOST LOCATIONS SEEING AROUND
2 INCHES. LATER TONIGHT...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH
THE AREA...WITH SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES AND AREAS OF DRIFTING
SNOW.
AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST
FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. ICE JAMS REMAIN A
POSSIBILITY OF TRIBUTARY RIVERS...ESPECIALLY THE LOWER ROCK RIVER
IN ILLINOIS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH ON THURSDAY AND PRODUCE
SOME DRIFTING SNOW. THIS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED SLICK SPOTS ON AREA
ROADS.
VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL SURGE INTO THE AREA THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY. WIND CHILLS BY SATURDAY MORNING MAY REACH 20 BELOW ZERO
IN SOME LOCATIONS SUCH AS CEDAR RAPIDS...IOWA CITY AND DUBUQUE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...
SPOTTER SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
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