HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 446 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST MON DEC 28 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
AN AREA OF SNOW ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
WILL EXPAND EASTWARD INTO THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND
NORTHWEST INDIANA THIS MORNING. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING FOR AREAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 80...WITH LESSER ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NORTH. IN
ADDITION...WHILE SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY DURING THE
AFTERNOON...WEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING WHICH WILL LEAD TO A
POTENTIAL FOR SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS.
PORTIONS OF THE DES PLAINES...FOX...ILLINOIS AND VERMILION RIVERS
WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH ON AREA RIVERS...WITH PORTIONS OF
THE DES PLAINES...FOX...ILLINOIS AND VERMILION RIVERS REMAINING
IN FLOOD EARLY IN THE WEEK.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT...
HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL TOTALS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO.
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COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO
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