HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 900 PM 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...TONIGHT
A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS MAINLY FOR SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN IS THE PRIMARY THREAT. WINDS WILL START TO INCREASE AS
THE BROADER STORM SYSTEM MAKES ITS APPROACH FROM THE PLAINS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
SUSTAINED WINDS TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. REFER
TO THE ADVISORY FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND MUCH OF
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. REFER TO THE FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT FOR DETAILS.
THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS MAINLY
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY
THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BECAUSE
OVERALL INSTABILITY IS INSUFFICIENT. HOWEVER POWERFUL WINDS ALOFT
WILL FUEL HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS AND COULD PACK AN EXTRA
STRONG GUST OF WIND IN AN ISOLATED CELL. HEAVY RAINS REMAIN THE
PRIMARY THREAT AND MAINLY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER REPORTS OF WIND AND RAIN ARE ENCOURAGED.
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