SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 325 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 915 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009
...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES MAY CAUSE ICY PAVEMENT THIS MORNING...
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE THE AREA EARLY
THIS MORNING...CAUSING A VERY RAPID DROP IN TEMPERATURES EARLY
TODAY. BY 9 AM...TEMPERATURES ALONG AND WEST OF A QUINCY...
MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY LINE ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND
UPPER 20S.
THIS SHARP DROP IN TEMPERATURES TO BELOW THE FREEZING MARK MAY
CAUSE UNTREATED ROADS...PARKING LOTS...AND SIDEWALKS TO QUICKLY
TURN INTO A SHEET OF ICE. AND...IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO SEE THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS THIN LAYER OF ICE AND PAVEMENT THAT IS
JUST WET. THEREFORE...MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS SHOULD BE
EXTREMELY ALERT FOR SUDDEN CHANGES IN PAVEMENT CONDITIONS EARLY
THIS MORNING.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 356 PM CST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA. ACCUMULATIONS OF
UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS LATE TONIGHT.
MODERATE RIVER FLOODING IS ONGOING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS
RIVER. SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
VERY COLD AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BY THE END OF THE WEEK AND
REMAIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH WIND CHILL VALUES OF 5 TO 15 BELOW
ZERO ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST-CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS FORECAST ALONG PORTIONS OF THE
ILLINOIS RIVER. SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC
DETAILS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
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FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE)... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/?N=HWO1
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