SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 837 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST
INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY FOR SUNDAY...
A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY SUNDAY. THE LIGHT SNOW
SHOULD START ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS BY MID OR LATE MORNING...AND
ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY BY MIDDAY OR EARLY
AFTERNOON. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY AT OR BELOW 1 INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE NORTH OF A LINE FROM PINCKNEYVILLE ILLINOIS TO OWENSBORO
KENTUCKY...INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR AND THE EVANSVILLE
AREA.
FROM JACKSON MISSOURI...EAST TO VIENNA ILLINOIS AND CALHOUN KENTUCKY
A DUSTING OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...INCLUDING AREAS ALONG AND
JUST SOUTH OF ROUTE 13. THE GREATER OWENSBORO AND HENDERSON AREAS MAY
SEE MINOR ACCUMULATIONS.
THE LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE A DRY SNOW. THIS COUPLED WITH
GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH SHOULD MEAN ONLY MINOR
IMPACTS ON TRAVEL. HOWEVER...A FEW SLICK SPOTS AND REDUCED
VISIBILITIES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON AREA ROADWAYS.
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.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 420 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST SUN DEC 27 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 LIGHT SNOW IS FORECAST OVERNIGHT ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR. A LIGHT DUSTING CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON MANY AREA RIVERS. PLEASE REFER TO
THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
A GOOD CHANCE OF SNOW IS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE
REGION ON SUNDAY. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64. LESSER CHANCES OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST FOR MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...WHERE A DUSTING
WILL BE POSSIBLE.
RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN MANY LOCATIONS. PLEASE REFER TO
THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.
A SMALL CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IS ALSO FORECAST THROUGHOUT THE QUAD
STATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT IS
UNLIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE ANY SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS...AS
TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO BE ABOVE FREEZING OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA DURING THIS PERIOD.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SNOW AND DEGRADED ROAD
CONDITIONS THEY ENCOUNTER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.
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