HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 313 PM CST SUN DEC 20 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS...AND LIFT NORTHEAST INTO ILLINOIS BY THURSDAY. FREEZING
RAIN MAY BEGIN TO DEVELOP IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT
BETTER CHANCES ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...THIS WILL IS
EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY
EVENING...AS TEMPERATURES RISE. ON CHRISTMAS EVE...THE PRECIPITATION
WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW...WITH SOME ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.
THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS
STORM...SO LISTEN FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 132 PM CST SUN DEC 20 2009
Expiration: 400 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER STORM MAY CAUSE TRAVEL HEADACHES LATER THIS WEEK...
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL
ILLINOIS BY LATE ON CHRISTMAS EVE. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A
VARIETY OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER TO THE MIDWEST...BEGINNING ON
WEDNESDAY.
FREEZING RAIN MAY DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY SUNRISE
WEDNESDAY...SPREADING OVER THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS
DURING THE DAY. AREAS SOUTH OF I-72 HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO WARM UP
ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO RAIN DURING THE
AFTERNOON. THE FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE NORTH OF
I-72 THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ON THURSDAY...RAIN OR SNOW WILL BE
LIKELY OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL
SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. IN AREAS SOUTH OF
I-70...MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN
RAIN...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING.
WITH THIS SYSTEM ARRIVING RIGHT DURING THE PEAK TRAVEL TIME FOR
THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY...SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ARE LIKELY. IF
YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL LATER THIS WEEK...BE SURE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM.
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