Alert archive / Illinois / Blizzard Warnings in 2006
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this blizzard warning at Mar 20, 2006, 2:50 PM CST for 11 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Mar 20, 2006, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 13 hr. 30 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2006, 2:50 PM CST (20:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 20, 2006, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2006, 10:03 AM CST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Cass County, IL, Christian County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 4:10 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Springfield, IL | REPORT FROM FAA AT ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAPITAL AIRPORT IN SPRINGFIELD OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. SHOULDER HIGH DRIFTS. |
| Mar 21, 4:10 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Winchester, IL | SNOW FALL SO FAR 7 TO 8 INCHES WITH CONSIDERABLE SNOW DRIFTS |
| Mar 21, 4:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Chatham, IL | |
| Mar 21, 5:50 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 4 Nne Riverton, IL | |
| Mar 21, 5:50 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Jacksonville, IL | MORGAN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW |
| Mar 21, 5:59 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Chatham, IL | ILLINOIS ROUTE 4 CLOSED FROM CHATHAM TO AUBURN |
| Mar 21, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Mount Pulaski, IL | COOP REPORT SNOWFALL 2.8 INCHES SNOW DEPTH 3 |
| Mar 21, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Moweaqua, IL | MOWEAQUA COOP REPORTED SNOWFALL 4.0 SNOWDEPTH 4 |
| Mar 21, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Petersburg, IL | REPORTED BY SHERIFF. |
| Mar 21, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Springfield, IL | OFFICIAL REPORT FOR SPRINGFIELD |
| Mar 21, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Rushville, IL | SCHUYLER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS 5-6 INCHES |
| Mar 21, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Jacksonville, IL | MORGAN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS 6-8 INCHES OF SNOW |
| Mar 21, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Virginia, IL | 6-7 INCHES OF SNOW. REPORTED BY SHERIFF. |
| Mar 21, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Winchester, IL | 7-9 INCHES OF SNOW. 5 ACCIDENTS. REPORTED BY SHERIFF. |
| Mar 21, 6:07 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Shelbyville, IL | REPORT FROM SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OBSERVER PROGRAM NETWORK |
| Mar 21, 6:15 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Lincoln, IL | 3-4 INCHES. REPORTED BY SHERIFF. |
| Mar 21, 6:20 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Decatur, IL | MACON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 4-6 INCHES OF SNOW |
| Mar 21, 6:20 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Shelbyville, IL | REPORTED FROM SHERIFF. |
| Mar 21, 6:35 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.2 | 1 E Chatham, IL | FROM NWS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OBSERVER. |
| Mar 21, 6:36 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Lane, IL | |
| Mar 21, 6:45 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Pana, IL | 3-4 INCHES IN ROSAMOND...5 WEST OF PANA. FROM NWS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OBSERVER |
| Mar 21, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 2 S Chestnut, IL | FROM NWS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OBSERVER. |
| Mar 21, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Taylorville, IL | REPORT FROM COOP OBSERVER |
| Mar 21, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 7.6 | Jacksonville, IL | REPORT FROM COOP OBSERVER |
| Mar 21, 7:17 AM CST | SNOW 4 | New Berlin, IL | FROM NWS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OBSERVER. |
| Mar 21, 7:18 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 2 S Philadelphia, IL | WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH GUSTS GREATER THAN 30 MPH AND SOME TO MORE THAN 40 MPH. FROM NWS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OBSERVER. |
| Mar 21, 7:45 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Virginia, IL | FROM NWS COOP OBSERVER. |
| Mar 21, 7:45 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 3 E Pana, IL | FROM NWS COOP OBSERVER. |
| Mar 21, 7:59 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | Winchester, IL | FROM NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVER |
| Mar 21, 9:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Chatham, IL | COOP OBSERVER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KILX 202050 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 250 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .A STRONG WINTER STORM IS TAKING AIM AT ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN AND LIGHT SLEET EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM. SNOW TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION...STRONG EAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. ILZ040-042-043-047>053-210100- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0001.060321T0300Z-060321T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.BZ.W.0001.060321T0300Z-060321T2200Z/ SCHUYLER-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 250 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. EXPECT LIGHT RAIN AND SLIGHT SLEET TO BEGIN THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND ACCUMULATE TO 6 TO 8 INCHES BY DAWN. LOCAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO ENHANCE THESE AMOUNTS. STRONG EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 35 MPH AT TIMES...PRODUCING VERY LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF GRADUALLY TUESDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ ILZ061-210100- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0001.060321T0300Z-060321T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.BZ.W.0001.060321T0300Z-060321T2200Z/ SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHELBYVILLE 250 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EXPECT LIGHT RAIN AND SLIGHT SLEET TO BEGIN THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND ACCUMULATE TO 6 TO 8 INCHES BY DAWN. LOCAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO ENHANCE THESE AMOUNTS. STRONG EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 35 MPH AT TIMES...PRODUCING VERY LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF GRADUALLY TUESDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ ILZ029-031-036>038-044>046-054>057-062-063-210100- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0001.060321T0300Z-060321T2200Z/ /O.EXA.KILX.WS.W.0001.060321T0300Z-060321T2200Z/ PEORIA-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...CHARLESTON...MATTOON 250 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EXPECT LIGHT RAIN AND SLIGHT SLEET TO BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TOWARD MIDNIGHT AND ACCUMULATE TO 5 TO 7 INCHES BY DAWN. STRONG EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 35 MPH AT TIMES...PRODUCING VERY LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF GRADUALLY TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ041-210100- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.060321T0300Z-060321T2200Z/ MASON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HAVANA 250 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY. EXPECT LIGHT RAIN AND SLIGHT SLEET TO BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT AND ACCUMULATE TO 5 TO 7 INCHES BY DAWN. STRONG EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 35 MPH AT TIMES...PRODUCING VERY LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF GRADUALLY TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ027-028-030-210100- /O.NEW.KILX.WW.Y.0003.060321T0300Z-060321T2200Z/ KNOX-STARK-MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 250 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY. EXPECT LIGHT RAIN AND SLIGHT SLEET TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT AND ACCUMULATE TO 2 TO 4 INCHES BY DAWN. STRONG EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF GRADUALLY TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-210100- /O.NEW.KILX.WW.Y.0003.060321T0300Z-060321T2200Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 250 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY. EXPECT LIGHT RAIN AND SLIGHT SLEET TO BEGIN THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT AND ACCUMULATE TO 2 TO 4 INCHES BY NOON TUESDAY. STRONG EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 35 MPH AT TIMES...PRODUCING VERY LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF GRADUALLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CHURCHILL
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KILX 210051 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 651 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .A STRONG WINTER STORM IS TAKING AIM AT ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN AND LIGHT SLEET LATE THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM. SNOW TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION...STRONG EAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. ILZ040-042-043-047>053-061-210500- /O.CON.KILX.BZ.W.0001.060321T0300Z-060321T2200Z/ SCHUYLER-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- CHRISTIAN-MACON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...SHELBYVILLE 651 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST TUESDAY. EXPECT LIGHT RAIN AND SLIGHT SLEET TO BEGIN THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND ACCUMULATE TO 6 TO 8 INCHES BY DAWN. LOCAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO ENHANCE THESE AMOUNTS. STRONG EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 35 MPH AT TIMES...PRODUCING VERY LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF GRADUALLY TUESDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ ILZ029-031-036>038-041-044>046-054>057-062-063-210500- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.060321T0300Z-060321T2200Z/ PEORIA-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL... HAVANA...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...CHARLESTON...MATTOON 651 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST TUESDAY. EXPECT LIGHT RAIN AND SLIGHT SLEET TO BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TOWARD MIDNIGHT AND ACCUMULATE TO 5 TO 7 INCHES BY DAWN. STRONG EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 35 MPH AT TIMES...PRODUCING VERY LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF GRADUALLY TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ027-028-030-210500- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.060321T0300Z-060321T2200Z/ KNOX-STARK-MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 651 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST TUESDAY. EXPECT LIGHT RAIN AND SLIGHT SLEET TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT AND ACCUMULATE TO 2 TO 4 INCHES BY DAWN. STRONG EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF GRADUALLY TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-210500- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.060321T0300Z-060321T2200Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 651 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST TUESDAY. EXPECT LIGHT RAIN AND SLIGHT SLEET TO BEGIN THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT AND ACCUMULATE TO 2 TO 4 INCHES BY NOON TUESDAY. STRONG EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 35 MPH AT TIMES...PRODUCING VERY LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF GRADUALLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KILX 210506 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1106 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .A STRONG WINTER STORM IS TAKING AIM AT ILLINOIS TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW TONIGHT ...THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM. SNOW TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION...STRONG EAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. ILZ040-042-043-047>053-061-210915- /O.CON.KILX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T2200Z/ SCHUYLER-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- CHRISTIAN-MACON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...SHELBYVILLE 1106 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST TUESDAY. LIGHT SLEET WILL MIX TO SNOW AS MIDNIGHT APPROACHES. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT AND ACCUMULATE TO 6 TO 8 INCHES BY DAWN. LOCAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO ENHANCE THESE AMOUNTS. STRONG EAST- NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 35 MPH AT TIMES...PRODUCING VERY LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF GRADUALLY TUESDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ ILZ029-031-036>038-041-044>046-054>057-062-063-210915- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T2200Z/ PEORIA-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL... HAVANA...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...CHARLESTON...MATTOON 1106 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST TUESDAY. SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD IN COVERAGE AS MIDNIGHT APPROACHES. HEAVIER SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ACCUMULATE TO 5 TO 7 INCHES BY DAWN. STRONG EAST- NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 35 MPH AT TIMES...PRODUCING VERY LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF GRADUALLY TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ027-028-030-210915- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060321T2200Z/ KNOX-STARK-MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 1106 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST TUESDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD IN COVERAGE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. HEAVIER SNOW WILL FALL AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ACCUMULATE TO 2 TO 4 INCHES BY DAWN. STRONG EAST- NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF GRADUALLY TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-210915- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060321T2200Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1106 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST TUESDAY. LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD IN AREAL COVERAGE THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT AND ACCUMULATE TO 2 TO 4 INCHES BY NOON TUESDAY. STRONG EAST- NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 35 MPH AT TIMES...PRODUCING VERY LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF GRADUALLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ HJS
000 WWUS43 KILX 210908 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 308 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. SNOW BANDS WILL DROP 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR THROUGH 7 AM ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SNOW TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION...STRONG EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE. THIS IS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. ILZ040-042-043-047>053-061-211600- /O.CON.KILX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T2200Z/ SCHUYLER-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- CHRISTIAN-MACON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...SHELBYVILLE 308 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STEADY SNOW AND INTENSE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING. ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MID MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO ENHANCE THESE AMOUNTS. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 35 MPH AT TIMES...PRODUCING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF GRADUALLY LATER TUESDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ ILZ029-031-036>038-041-044>046-054>057-062-063-211600- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T2200Z/ PEORIA-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL... HAVANA...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...CHARLESTON...MATTOON 308 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING. ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 35 MPH AT TIMES...PRODUCING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF GRADUALLY LATE TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ027-028-030-211600- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060321T2200Z/ KNOX-STARK-MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 308 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL INTENSIFY BY 5 AM...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BY DAWN. STRONG EAST- NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF GRADUALLY LATER TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-211600- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060321T2200Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 308 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TOWARD 6 AM...BUT SCATTERED SNOW BURSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. ACCUMULATION TO 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 35 MPH AT TIMES...PRODUCING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF GRADUALLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SHIMON
000 WWUS43 KILX 211603 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1003 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH 4 PM... .SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING MORE SCATTERED AND LIGHTER. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE NORTH OF PEORIA WITH 1 INCH OR LESS ELSEWHERE. NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MANY ROADS ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY THIS AFTERNOON. ILZ040-042-043-047>053-061-212200- /O.CAN.KILX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T2200Z/ /O.EXA.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060321T2200Z/ SCHUYLER-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- CHRISTIAN-MACON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...SHELBYVILLE 1003 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED AT 10 AM. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...WITH 1 INCH OR LESS OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ029-031-036>038-041-044>046-054>057-062-063-212200- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T2200Z/ /O.EXA.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060321T2200Z/ PEORIA-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL... HAVANA...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...CHARLESTON...MATTOON 1003 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED AT 10 AM. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...WITH UP TO 1 INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ESPECIALLY JUST SOUTH OF I-72 AND FROM PEORIA NORTHWARD. NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ027-028-030-212200- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060321T2200Z/ KNOX-STARK-MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 1003 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER MARSHAL COUNTY. THIS WILL GIVE A TOTAL OF 4 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-212200- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060321T2200Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1003 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED TO WIDELY SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...WITH LESS THAN 1 INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ HUETTL
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Mar 20, 10:45 AM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 10:45 AM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1045 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL ILLINOIS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY... .DISCUSSION... MORNING SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATED STRONG 1042 MB HIGH OVER SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA...AND 995 MB LOW DEVELOPING INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. PRESSURE GRADIENT WAS PRODUCING ENE WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH OVER THE AREA WHICH CONTINUES TO ADVECT IN TEENS DEWPTS OFF THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. ALOFT...WV/IR SAT IMAGERY SHOWED LARGE BAROCLINIC LEAF PLUME SPREADING NORTHEAST OVER THE MIDWEST AND OHIO VALLEY...WHILE VIGOROUS 500MB CLOSED LOW CHURNED OVER THE OK PANHANDLE. 12Z ILX/DVN SOUNDINGS SHOWED VERY DRY AIR BELOW 700 MB...WHICH WILL TAKE QUITE A BIT OF TIME TO SATURATE. ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL BEGIN FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...INITIALLY RESULTING IN LOWERING CLOUD BASES AND SOME VIRGA. MODEL SOUNDINGS SUGGEST TOP-DOWN SATURATION PROCESS WILL TAKE UNTIL THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE PRECIP REACHES THE SURFACE IN CENTRAL IL...THEREFORE HAVE REMOVED LOW POPS THAT WERE IN THE FORECAST IN THE SOUTH FOR THIS AFTERNOON. LOWERING/THICKENING CLOUD DECK AND ENE SFC FLOW SHOULD PUT A LID ON ANY TYPE OF WARMTH FOR THIS FIRST DAY OF SPRING. ADJUSTED MAXES BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS...SO BUMPED UP A COUPLE OF DEGREES OVER THE SOUTHWEST HALF. && .PREV DISCUSSION... RETURN TO WINTER WX... JUST IN TIME FOR THE START OF SPRING... APPEARS FAIRLY CERTAIN AT THIS POINT. MODELS HAVE COME INTO GOOD AGREEMENT ON LOW TRACK ACROSS MO BOOTHEEL INTO FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT... WITH OPERATIONAL GFS NOW SOMEWHAT OF AN OUTLIER WITH A SLIGHTLY FARTHER SOUTH TRACK THAN THE REST. FORECAST IS MORE OR LESS REFLECTIVE OF ETA SOLUTION NUDGED SOUTHWARD JUST A LITTLE. SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS MAIN UPPER LOW GETTING SET TO PUSH OUT OF NEW MEXICO THIS MORNING... PLENTY OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE... WITH A PACIFIC TROPICAL CONNECTION... CONTINUES TO STREAM NORTHWARD INTO THE GREAT PLAINS AND MIDWEST. MEANWHILE... SHORTWAVE RIDGE AXIS IS HOLDING GROUND OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. EASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW AROUND LARGE 1040 HIGH CENTERED OVER MANITOBA CONTINUES TO FEED COOLER AND DRIER AIR INTO OUR AREA. PRECIP IS EXPECTED TO HOLD OFF UNTIL LATER TONIGHT... DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF DRIER LOW LEVEL AIR THAT ANY PRECIP WILL HAVE TO WORK AGAINST... AND SHORTWAVE RIDGING ALOFT... WHICH WILL SLOW THE EASTWARD PROGRESS OF THE SYSTEM. RECENT RUNS OF THE MODELS HAVE COME INTO AGREEMENT WITH THIS EXPECTATION... WHICH HELPFULLY LENDS IT SOME CREDENCE. TONIGHT... CLOSED H5 LOW EMBEDDED IN NEGATIVELY-TILTED TROUGH WILL EJECT INTO THE GREAT PLAINS... THEN BOWL ON EASTWARD AND BE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY MORNING. DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA... BRINGING RICH TROPICAL MOISTURE WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY WORK ITS WAY DOWN TO THE SFC. AT THE SFC... INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS... FUNNELING IN SOME COOLER AIR AND TIGHTENING THE BAROCLINIC ZONE. ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL INCREASE MARKEDLY AFTER DARK... ALLOWING PRECIPITATION TO SATURATE THE LAYER IN A TOP-DOWN MANNER. INITIAL EVAPORATION SHOULD COOL THE COLUMN FAIRLY QUICKLY... BUT PRECIP MAY START OUT AS A PERIOD OF RAIN AND SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. BUFKIT CROSS SECTIONS INDICATE DENDRITIC LAYER IS RIDING RATHER HIGH... WITH THE SFC-700MB COLUMN MARGINALLY WARM /-2 TO -3C/ AT THE ONSET OF STRONG FORCING. THIS MAY LEND ITSELF TO RATHER LARGE... WET FLAKES TO START WITH. STILL LOOKS LIKE PERIOD OF STRONGEST FORCING WILL BE AROUND THE MIDNIGHT HOUR... AS UPPER LOW MOVES INTO MISSOURI AND INCREASING WINDS WITH TIGHTENING BAROCLINIC ZONE RESULTS IN INTENSE ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE. BAND OF STRONG Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE AND 850-700 MOISTURE CONVERGENCE APPEARS TO SET UP RIGHT ACROSS THE MID-SECTION OF THE CWA... ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE FROM A SPI-ILX-CMI. WHAT IS SLIGHTLY DISTURBING IS THAT THIS BAND OF FORCING STAYS FOCUSED IN THE SAME LOCATION THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AS IT APPEARS NOW... THE MOST INTENSE BANDING WILL LIKELY SET UP ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT TO AROUND 5-6AM... WHEN EVERYTHING SEEMS TO COME TOGETHER. AFTER 6AM... UPPER SUPPORT WITH STRONGEST OMEGA AND PVA QUICKLY SHIFTS EAST AS UPPER LOW MOVES OVERHEAD. THE SNOW BAND WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO FADE AFTER NOON. CONSIDERING THE BANDING POTENTIAL... SOME ISOLATED SPOTS COULD SEE 8-10 INCHES... BUT THIS WILL BE VERY LOCALIZED... ALL DEPENDS ON WHO IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET UNDER THE MAIN BAND FOR THE LONGEST AMOUNT OF TIME. A BRIEF PERIOD OF INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES... MAYBE EVEN THUNDERSNOW IN A FEW SPOTS... CANNOT BE OUTRULED. ADD TO THIS STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 25-30 MPH... AND VISIBILITIES COULD BE GREATLY REDUCED LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. MAIN DEBATE THIS SHIFT HAS BEEN WHAT TO DO WITH HEADLINES. FOR NOW... WE WILL UPGRADE THE WATCH TO A WARNING IN THE AREA WHERE CONFIDENCE IS HIGHEST AND PRECIP ONSET WILL BE EARLIEST... NAMELY IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE CWA. POINTS FARTHER NORTH AND EAST ARE STILL A LITTLE TOUCHY SINCE THE MAIN SNOW BAND IS EXPECTED TO BE RATHER SHARPLY DEFINED... VERY MUCH CONFINED TO THE AREA OF STRONGEST FORCING... ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING AFFECTS OF DRY LOW LEVEL AIR. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FOR THE CHAMPAIGN AND PEORIA AREAS ARE STILL A LITTLE FUZZY... AS SNOW BAND IS EXPECTED TO BE EVEN NARROWER THE FARTHER EAST YOU GO. KEEPING IN MIND THAT THE MAIN EVENT WILL BE AFTER MIDNIGHT... WE FEEL IT BEST TO ALLOW THE DAY SHIFT TO FOCUS THE THINKING A LITTLE BETTER AND DECIDE WHICH DIRECTION TO GO WITH HEADLINES IN THAT AREA. TUESDAY NIGHT... SYSTEM PULLS AWAY RAPIDLY... ALLOWING HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD IN AGAIN. TEMPS COULD BE CHILLY ESPECIALLY IF WE CLEAR OUT. UNDERCUT MOS FOR TEMPS ESPECIALLY IN THE SUSPECTED SNOW AREA. LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP TEMPS COOL AND DRY THROUGH MID-WEEK. MAX AND MIN TEMPS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED DOWNWARD TO ACCOUNT FOR EXPECTED NEW SNOWPACK REGIONS... WITH LESSENING IMPACT IN TIME. MID-RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO HINT AT ANOTHER SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEM APPROACHING THE AREA THURSDAY... BUT IT LOOKS RATHER WEAK... WITH DRY AIR ABOUND. WILL KEEP SILENT 20 POPS IN AS-IS. OVER THE PAST FEW RUNS THE GFS HAS PINCHED OFF A CLOSED LOW FROM RETREATING TROUGH OVER NEW ENGLAND MID-WEEK... THEN RETROGRADING THIS FEATURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND INTO THE MIDWEST TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS WOULD RESULT IN INCREASING CLOUD COVER AND COOLER TEMPS TOWARDS THE WEEKEND... WITH THE THREAT OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS. ECMWF CONTINUES TO BE THE PREFFERED MODEL DUE TO PAST PERFORMANCE FOR NOW... AND WHILE IT HAS SHOWN A TENDENCY TO PINCH OFF AND RETROGRADE THE CUTOFF LOW... IT KEEPS IT CONFINED TO THE GREAT LAKES. FOR NOW... WILL KEEP THE INCREASING CLOUD COVER AND COOLER THAN AVERAGE TEMPS... BUT STAY DRY. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING 9 PM MONDAY UNTIL 4PM TUESDAY FOR SCHUYLER... MASON... LOGAN... DEWITT... CASS... MENARD... SCOTT... MORGAN... SANGAMON... CHRISTIAN... MACON. WINTER STORM WATCH 9PM MONDAY UNTIL 4PM TUESDAY FOR REMAINING COUNTIES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 EXCEPT FOR KNOX... STARK... AND MARSHALL. && SCHAFFER/HARDIMAN
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 20, 10:59 AM CST, 3 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1059 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ILZ027-028-030-211200- KNOX-STARK-MARSHALL- 1059 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY...SPREADING WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING...AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS 2 TO 4 INCHES OF WET SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM GALESBURG TO LACON. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW... RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. ANY CHANGES IN THE TRACK OF THE LOW COULD ALTER THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND...SO STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A TRAILING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE BEHIND THE LOW MAY DROP AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ON TUESDAY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...CREATING DRIFTING SNOW ON AREA ROADS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. ILZ029-031-036>038-211200- PEORIA-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- 1059 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY...SPREADING WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS A MIXTURE OF RAIN... SLEET...AND SNOW LATER THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS 3 TO 6 INCHES OF WET SNOW IS POSSIBLE NORTH OF A LINE FROM MACOMB TO BLOOMINGTON...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THAT AREA. IN ADDITION... GUSTY NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. ANY CHANGES IN THE TRACK OF THE LOW COULD ALTER THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND...SO STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. A WINTER WEATHER CONFERENCE CALL IS PLANNED FOR 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON...TO DISCUSS THE LATEST DETAILS CONCERNING THIS LATE SEASON WINTER STORM EVENT. THE CALL WILL BE FOR MEDIA AND ESDA PERSONNEL... AND THEY WILL BE NOTIFIED BY E-MAIL WITH THE SPECIFIC CALL INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A TRAILING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE BEHIND THE LOW MAY DROP AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ON TUESDAY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...CREATING DRIFTING SNOW ON AREA ROADS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. ILZ040>057-061>063-211200- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- 1059 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY...SPREADING WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS A MIXTURE OF RAIN... SLEET...AND SNOW THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS 5 TO 8 INCHES OF WET SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS LOCATIONS NORTH OF I-70...BUT SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MACOMB TO BLOOMINGTON. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. ANY CHANGES IN THE TRACK OF THE LOW COULD ALTER THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND...SO STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. A WINTER WEATHER CONFERENCE CALL IS PLANNED FOR 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON...TO DISCUSS THE LATEST DETAILS CONCERNING THIS LATE SEASON WINTER STORM EVENT. THE CALL WILL BE FOR MEDIA AND ESDA PERSONNEL... AND THEY WILL BE NOTIFIED BY E-MAIL WITH THE SPECIFIC CALL INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A TRAILING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE BEHIND THE LOW MAY DROP AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ON TUESDAY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...CREATING DRIFTING SNOW ON AREA ROADS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. ILZ066>068-071>073-211200- EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- 1059 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY...SPREADING WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TONIGHT. LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN OR SLEET THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS 2 TO 4 INCHES OF WET SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-70. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. ANY CHANGES IN THE TRACK OF THE LOW COULD ALTER THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND...SO STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A TRAILING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE BEHIND THE LOW MAY DROP AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW ON TUESDAY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...CREATING DRIFTING SNOW ON AREA ROADS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. SCHAFFER/BARNES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 4:38 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland and 19 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:50 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 25 hr |
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