HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1107 AM 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT
OCCASIONAL SNOW TODAY INTO TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO BE CLOSE TO OR JUST ABOVE THE
FREEZING MARK TODAY.
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
PETERSBURG AND 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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