HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 452 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST MON DEC 28 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
AN AREA OF LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY GENERATE SOME MINOR
ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND THE EVANSVILLE
TRI STATE TODAY. A FEW MINOR TRAVEL IMPACTS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR...BUT THEY SHOULD BE BRIEF. PLEASE REFER
TO THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR DETAILS.
RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON MANY AREA RIVERS. PLEASE REFER TO
THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IS FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE QUAD STATE FROM
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS
CANNOT BE RULED OUT AT THIS TIME.
RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON MANY AREA RIVERS. PLEASE REFER TO
THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SNOW AND DEGRADED ROAD
CONDITIONS THEY ENCOUNTER TODAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 443 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2009
...ACCUMULATING SNOWS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST
INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY TODAY...
A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY TODAY. THE LIGHT SNOW
SHOULD START TO MOVE EAST INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AFTER 9 AM THIS
MORNING...REACHING SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY AROUND
NOON.
UP TO 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE
FROM PINCKNEYVILLE ILLINOIS TO EVANSVILLE INDIANA...INCLUDING
INTERSTATE 64 AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 57. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
LIGHTER SOUTH OF THIS LINE...WITH A MINOR DUSTING POSSIBLE AS FAR
SOUTH AS A JACKSON MISSOURI TO CALHOUN KENTUCKY LINE. A HALF INCH
WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 13 CORRIDOR IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
...AS WELL AS IN THE HENDERSON AND OWENSBORO KENTUCKY AREAS.
THE LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE A RELATIVELY DRY SNOW. THIS
COUPLED WITH GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH SHOULD
MEAN ONLY MINOR IMPACTS ON TRAVEL. HOWEVER...A FEW SLICK SPOTS MAY
DEVELOP WHERE VISIBILITIES ARE BRIEFLY REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS
WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 64 AND
INTERSTATE 57 NEAR MT VERNON ILLINOIS WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO
ENCOUNTER REDUCED SPEEDS...AND POSSIBLY SOME BRIEF SLICK DRIVING
CONDITIONS.
THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETELY EAST OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS BY
MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...AND OUT OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST
KENTUCKY BY AROUND SUNSET.
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