HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH OCCURRED OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS
OVER THE PAST 24 TO 36 HOURS...MANY RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS
WERE IN FLOOD. THE ILLINOIS RIVER IS ON THE RISE AGAIN WITH
BEARDSTOWN IN FLOOD THIS MORNING. THE MACKINAW RIVER AT
CONGERVILLE IS FLOODING...WHILE PORTIONS OF THE SANGAMON RIVER
IS IN FLOOD...SPECIFICALLY FOR MONTICELLO AND CHANDLERVILLE.
AS THE INTENSE STORM SYSTEM PUSHES FURTHER NORTH OF OUR AREA
TODAY...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. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN
INCH ARE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG AND GUSTY
SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH
WILL DRIVE WIND CHILLS DOWN AS WELL...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON.
.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 OF AN INCH
OR LESS ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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