HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1108 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
MANY RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS CONTINUE TO BE IN FLOOD FROM THE
HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH OCCURRED OVER THE AREA THIS PAST WEEK. PORTIONS
OF THE SANGAMON RIVER IS IN FLOOD...ESPECIALLY FOR MONTICELLO...
CHANDLERVILLE AND OAKFORD AND EVENTUALLY PETERSBURG BY MIDNIGHT
SUNDAY NIGHT.
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BRING ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS
TO MOST AREAS INTO MID EVENING AND AGAIN LATER TONIGHT...WITH SLIGHTLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS AS YOU HEAD WEST OF I-55.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL
BE UP TO 1 INCH.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...
SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM OUR COOP AND MESONET NETWORKS WOULD BE
APPRECIATED THIS CHRISTMAS WEEKEND.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 855 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 200 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE THIS MORNING
NORTH OF I-70. EXPECT UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF SNOW POSSIBLE
BY NOON FROM PEORIA AND BLOOMINGTON NORTH WITH LOCAL 2 INCH
AMOUNTS IN MARSHALL COUNTY. THE SNOW MAY BRIEFLY LIMIT
VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
OF 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING
SNOW IN OPEN AREAS AS WELL WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 20 TO 25
DEGREES...AND WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS.
AREAS FROM PEORIA NORTH HAVE SEEN BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF SNOW
SINCE YESTERDAY. MORE SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP DURING THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. IF TRAVELING REDUCE YOUR SPEED
AND USE CAUTION DUE TO UNTREATED ROADS BEING SNOW COVERED AND
SLIPPERY. FOR ILLINOIS ROAD CONDITIONS CALL 1-800-452-4368.
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