HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 314 PM CST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH UP TO AN INCH OR SO
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION BEFORE MIDNIGHT...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES AT OR AROUND FREEZING HAVE RESULTED
IN NOT A LOT OF ACCUMULATION ON THE ROADS...THOUGH CAUTION SHOULD
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS THE TEMPERATURES DROP.
MANY RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS CONTINUE TO BE IN FLOOD FROM THE
HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH OCCURRED OVER THE AREA LATE LAST WEEK. THE
ILLINOIS RIVER IS IN FLOOD FROM HENRY SOUTHWEST THROUGH BEARDSTOWN.
PORTIONS OF THE SANGAMON RIVER WERE IN FLOOD...ESPECIALLY AT
CHANDLERVILLE...WITH FORECASTS INDICATING THOSE LOCATIONS MAY SEE
RIVER LEVELS FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THURSDAY
BEFORE ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR PUSHES SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL
ILLINOIS THURSDAY NIGHT...AND SPENDS THE REMAINDER OF THE HOLIDAY
WEEKEND ACROSS THE MIDWEST. SUBZERO READINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...
SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM OUR COOP AND MESONET NETWORKS WOULD BE
APPRECIATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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