HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1139 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A LARGE STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WILL
GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD...IMPACTING THE MIDWEST WEDNESDAY THROUGH
CHRISTMAS DAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY. LOCALIZED
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AS THE RAIN FALLS ON FROZEN
GROUND. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 428 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 430 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...A SIGNIFICANT STORM WILL IMPACT THE MIDWEST MIDWEEK...
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECT TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN UNITED
STATES TODAY...AND MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD THE REST OF THE WEEK. IT
WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE MIDWEST...BEGINNING LATER TODAY AND
CONTINUING THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT A CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP NORTH OF INTERSTATE 74 TONIGHT. AS
SOUTHEAST WINDS INTENSIFY ON WEDNESDAY...WARM AIR WILL CHANGE ANY
LINGERING FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN ACROSS THE REGION FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH.
AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE AMOUNT OF ICING WILL BE
LIGHT...FROM TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...ANY
FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT.
THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FALL AS RAIN WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY...WITH THUNDERSTORMS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY ALONG
AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 72. STORM CHANCES WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH
DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PLOWS THROUGH THE
AREA. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAINS AND
HIGH RUNOFF OVER THE FROZEN GROUND. ONCE THE STORM PULLS NORTH OF OUR
AREA ON CHRISTMAS DAY...COLD AIR WILL CHANGE THE RAIN TO SNOW
SHOWERS...WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.
HOLIDAY TRAVELERS NEED TO BE PARTICULARLY ALERT TO TRAVEL CONDITIONS
THIS WEEK. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT
HIGHWAYS AND AIRPORTS IN THE MIDWEST...PARTICULARLY TO THE NORTH AND
NORTHWEST OF OUR AREA. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS PARTS OF IOWA...
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...EXTREME SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...AND NORTHERN
ILLINOIS.
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