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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this winter storm warning at Nov 29, 2006, 3:13 PM CST for 27 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Nov 30, 2006, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 33 hr. 60 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
- Nov 29, 2006, 3:13 PM CST (21:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 30, 2006, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2006, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
All 27 counties
Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Coles County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 7:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 3 Sw Peoria, IL | COOP OBSERVER REPORTED 1/8 OF AN INCH OF ICE |
| Nov 30, 7:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Chillicothe, IL | COOP OBSERVER REPORTED A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. |
| Nov 30, 7:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Virginia, IL | VIRGINIA COOP OBSERVER REPORTED 1/8 OF AN INCH OF ICE THIS MORNING |
| Nov 30, 7:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Chillicothe, IL | COOP OBSERVER REPORTED A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. |
| Nov 30, 7:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | 3 Sw Peoria, IL | COOP OBSERVER REPORTED 1/8 OF AN INCH OF ICE |
| Nov 30, 7:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | Virginia, IL | VIRGINIA COOP OBSERVER REPORTED 1/8 OF AN INCH OF ICE THIS MORNING |
| Nov 30, 7:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 3 W Groveland, IL | COOP OBSERVER REPORTED A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ON ALL ROADS...SIDEWALKS...ETC |
| Nov 30, 7:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 3 W Groveland, IL | COOP OBSERVER REPORTED A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ON ALL ROADS...SIDEWALKS...ETC |
| Nov 30, 10:16 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | Springfield, IL | REPORT FROM SPRINGFIELD COOP. 1/8 OF AN INCH OF ICE ON TREES AND PARKED VEHICLES...NOT ON STREETS OR SIDEWALKS |
| Nov 30, 12:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Sherman, IL | |
| Nov 30, 12:40 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Lane, IL | |
| Nov 30, 3:42 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Chestnut, IL | 3/10 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION OVER LAST 3 HOURS |
| Nov 30, 4:35 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Dunlap, IL | SLEET RECENTLY BEGAN |
| Nov 30, 4:35 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Dunlap, IL | SLEET RECENTLY BEGAN |
| Nov 30, 4:39 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Lane, IL | ACCUMULATION OVER THE PREVIOUS 2 HOURS |
| Nov 30, 4:48 PM CST | SLEET 0 | 8 E Petersburg, IL | MIXED SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF RAIN IS 0.56 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT. |
| Nov 30, 4:48 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Springfield, IL | MIXED SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE NEAR STATE FAIRGROUNDS. ROADS BECOMING SLICK AND ICE COVERED. |
| Nov 30, 4:48 PM CST | SNOW 0 | 8 E Petersburg, IL | MIXED SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF RAIN IS 0.56 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT. |
| Nov 30, 4:48 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Springfield, IL | MIXED SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE NEAR STATE FAIRGROUNDS. ROADS BECOMING SLICK AND ICE COVERED. |
| Nov 30, 4:55 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Brooklyn, IL | |
| Nov 30, 4:55 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Brooklyn, IL | |
| Nov 30, 5:00 PM CST | SLEET 0 | 4 Sw Springfield, IL | HEAVY SLEET BEGINNING TO ACCUMULATE |
| Nov 30, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 0 | 4 Sw Springfield, IL | HEAVY SLEET BEGINNING TO ACCUMULATE |
| Nov 30, 5:03 PM CST | SLEET 0 | 2 Ne Lincoln, IL | MIX OF SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN |
| Nov 30, 5:03 PM CST | SNOW 0 | 2 Ne Lincoln, IL | MIX OF SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN |
| Nov 30, 5:15 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.07 | Ogden, IL | 1/16 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. 0.84 INCH LIQUID PRECIP SINCE 6 AM. |
| Nov 30, 5:20 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Chestnut, IL | LARGE SLEET BEGINNING TO FALL |
| Nov 30, 5:20 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Chestnut, IL | LARGE SLEET BEGINNING TO FALL |
| Nov 30, 5:32 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | 7 Se Rantoul, IL | 1/8 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. CURRENT TEMPERATURE 31F |
| Nov 30, 5:40 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | Springfield, IL | ABOUT 1/8 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES. SLEET IS BEGINNING TO COVER SURFACES. REPORTED NEAR THE FAIRGROUNDS. |
| Nov 30, 7:07 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | 1 S De Land, IL | 0.2 NEW ICE IN LAST 3 HOURS. CURRENT TEMPERATURE 29F. |
| Nov 30, 7:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | Urbana, IL | 1/8 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Nov 30, 7:30 PM CST | SLEET 0.4 | Mount Pulaski, IL | SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Nov 30, 7:30 PM CST | SNOW 0.4 | Mount Pulaski, IL | SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Nov 30, 7:47 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Lane, IL | BRANCHES ON TREES NEARLY TOUCHING THE GROUND DUE TO ICE |
| Nov 30, 7:50 PM CST | SLEET 0.3 | Springfield, IL | NEAR FAIRGROUNDS |
| Nov 30, 7:50 PM CST | SLEET 0.75 | 4 Sw Springfield, IL | HEAVY SLEET STILL OCCURRING, INTERMITTANT POWER FLUCTUATIONS |
| Nov 30, 7:50 PM CST | SNOW 0.3 | Springfield, IL | NEAR FAIRGROUNDS |
| Nov 30, 7:50 PM CST | SNOW 0.75 | 4 Sw Springfield, IL | HEAVY SLEET STILL OCCURRING, INTERMITTANT POWER FLUCTUATIONS |
| Nov 30, 8:06 PM CST | SLEET 0.75 | 3 E Chatham, IL | ACCUMULATED SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. NEAR I-55 EXIT 88. |
| Nov 30, 8:06 PM CST | SNOW 0.75 | 3 E Chatham, IL | ACCUMULATED SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. NEAR I-55 EXIT 88. |
| Nov 30, 8:10 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Morton, IL | 1/10 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION SINCE 5 PM. CURRENTLY RECEIVING A MIX OF SLEET, FREEZING RAIN, AND SNOW. |
| Nov 30, 8:15 PM CST | SLEET 0.1 | Rome, IL | SLEET COVERING THE GROUND |
| Nov 30, 8:15 PM CST | SNOW 0.1 | Rome, IL | SLEET COVERING THE GROUND |
| Nov 30, 8:17 PM CST | SLEET 0.3 | 2 Ne Lincoln, IL | SLEET DIAMETER 0.2 INCH |
| Nov 30, 8:17 PM CST | SNOW 0.3 | 2 Ne Lincoln, IL | SLEET DIAMETER 0.2 INCH |
| Nov 30, 8:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Decatur, IL | POWER LINES AND CABLE LINES DOWN, LARGE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Nov 30, 8:30 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Gilson, IL | SLEET BEGAN. CURRENT TEMPERATURE 22. |
| Nov 30, 8:39 PM CST | SNOW 0.2 | 2 N Peoria, IL | SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXTURE IN PEORIA HEIGHTS SINCE 6 PM. |
| Nov 30, 9:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Mattoon, IL | 1/10 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Nov 30, 9:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.15 | Rantoul, IL | ICE ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES. |
| Nov 30, 9:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Forest City, IL | OVERALL LIQUID PRECIP 1.58 INCHES LAST 24 HOURS. |
| Nov 30, 9:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Lovington, IL | ACCUMULATION UP TO 1/4 INCH |
| Nov 30, 9:12 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Forsyth, IL | ACCUMULATION OF 1/2 TO 6/10 INCH OF ICE ON TREE LIMBS. LARGE SECTIONS OF TREES BREAKING ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Nov 30, 9:15 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Lincoln, IL | SCATTERED POWER LINES DOWN IN LINCOLN DUE TO ICE |
| Nov 30, 9:23 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | 8 E Petersburg, IL | 1/2 INCH OF SLEET SINCE 730 PM. MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN. |
| Nov 30, 9:25 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Latham, IL | SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTY. |
| Nov 30, 9:25 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Mossville, IL | ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET |
| Nov 30, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Henry, IL | GROUND NEARLY COVERED |
| Nov 30, 9:33 PM CST | SNOW 0.4 | 2 N Peoria, IL | MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW. |
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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KILX 292113 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 313 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ILLINOIS ON THURSDAY AND BRING A SHALLOW LAYER OF ARCTIC AIR INTO THE REGION. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY THURSDAY MORNING NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...AND DURING THE DAY EASTWARD TO NEAR THE I- 55 CORRIDOR. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND TRACK NORTHEAST INTO INDIANA BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...SPREADING HEAVY SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY MORNING IN THE WARNING AREA. ILZ027>030-036-040-300330- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0002.061130T0600Z-061202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WS.W.0002.061130T0900Z-061201T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 313 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. A GLAZE OF ICE OF A TENTH TO QUARTER INCH THICK WILL DEVELOP... ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES DURING THE DAY...AS ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER SOUTHEAST. AFTER A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION DURING THE AFTERNOON...MORE DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED BY EVENING. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...INTO FRIDAY MORNING... WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES LIKELY AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 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. $$ ILZ031-037-038-041-042-047>051-300330- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0002.061130T1800Z-061202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WS.W.0002.061130T1500Z-061201T1800Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 313 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING...EASTWARD TO THE I-55 CORRIDOR. A GLAZE OF ICE UP TO A QUARTER INCH THICK WILL DEVELOP... ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES BY LATE IN THE DAY...AS ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER SOUTHEAST. THIS PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE EVENING...AND HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...INTO FRIDAY MORNING... WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES LIKELY...AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ043>046-052>057-061-300330- /O.EXT.KILX.WS.A.0002.061130T2100Z-061201T1800Z/ DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE- DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 313 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY MID EVENING...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES...AS ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER SOUTHEAST. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. ANY CHANGE IN THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON ICE AND SNOW AMOUNTS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-300330- /O.EXT.KILX.WS.A.0002.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 313 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN ON THURSDAY NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY MORNING WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. ANY CHANGE IN THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON ICE AND SNOW AMOUNTS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ SCHAFFER/SHIMON
11 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KILX 300329 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 929 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ILLINOIS ON THURSDAY AND BRING A SHALLOW LAYER OF ARCTIC AIR INTO THE REGION. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVERNIGHT NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...AND DURING THE MORNING EASTWARD TO NEAR THE I- 55 CORRIDOR. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND TRACK NORTHEAST INTO INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING...SPREADING HEAVY SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY MORNING IN THE WARNING AREA. ILZ027>030-036-040-300730- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.061130T0900Z-061201T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 929 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. A GLAZE OF ICE OF A TENTH TO QUARTER INCH THICK WILL DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES DURING THE DAY...AS ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER SOUTHEAST. AFTER A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION DURING THE AFTERNOON...MORE DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED BY EVENING. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...INTO FRIDAY MORNING...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES LIKELY AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 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. $$ ILZ031-037-038-041-042-047>051-300730- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.061130T1500Z-061201T1800Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 929 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY MORNING...EASTWARD TO THE I-55 CORRIDOR. A GLAZE OF ICE UP TO A QUARTER INCH THICK WILL DEVELOP... ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES BY LATE IN THE DAY...AS ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER SOUTHEAST. THIS PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT...AND HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...INTO FRIDAY MORNING...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES LIKELY...AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ043>046-052>057-061-300730- /O.CON.KILX.WS.A.0002.061130T2100Z-061201T1800Z/ DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE- DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 929 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY MID EVENING...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES...AS ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER SOUTHEAST. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. ANY CHANGE IN THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON ICE AND SNOW AMOUNTS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-300730- /O.CON.KILX.WS.A.0002.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 929 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN ON THURSDAY NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY MORNING WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. ANY CHANGE IN THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON ICE AND SNOW AMOUNTS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ AUTEN
000 WWUS43 KILX 300729 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 129 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON BEGINNING TO IMPACT NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS... .WIDESPREAD RAIN OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN...THEN SLEET AND SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY BEING OBSERVED OVER NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...AND THE FREEZING LINE WILL SLOWLY OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA THROUGH TODAY. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING... FOLLOWED BY UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW. THE AREAS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THE BRUNT OF THE STORM WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55. HOWEVER...ALL PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ILLINOIS WILL SEE HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE STORM SHOULD START MOVING OUT OF THE AREA FRIDAY. ILZ027>030-036-040-301100- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.061130T0900Z-061201T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 129 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING TEMPERATURES HAVE REACHED GALESBURG...AND THE FREEZING LINE WILL PROGRESS TO THE ILLINOIS RIVER BY 6 AM. THIS WILL CAUSE ANY RAIN TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH WILL BE LIKELY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CHANGE TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW BEFORE BECOMING ALL SNOW TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ON TOP OF THE ICE ARE LIKELY BY DAWN FRIDAY 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. $$ ILZ031-037-038-041-042-047>051-301100- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.061130T1500Z-061201T1800Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 129 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AROUND MID MORNING TODAY...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH THICK LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES...BY AFTERNOON. THIS PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT...AND HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ON TOP OF THE ICE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ043>046-052>057-061-301100- /O.CON.KILX.WS.A.0002.061130T2100Z-061201T1800Z/ DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE- DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 129 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A SHARP COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING... CAUSING WIDESPREAD RAIN. AS THE COLD AIR CONTINUES TO ADVANCE INTO THE AREA...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE FREEZING MARK AROUND MIDDAY. RAIN WILL THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH THICK LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES...BY AFTERNOON. THIS PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT...AND HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ON TOP OF THE ICE. ANY CHANGE IN THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON ICE AND SNOW AMOUNTS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-301100- /O.CON.KILX.WS.A.0002.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 129 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN ON THURSDAY NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY MORNING WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. ANY CHANGE IN THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON ICE AND SNOW AMOUNTS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
000 WWUS43 KILX 300956 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 356 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON BEGINNING TO IMPACT ILLINOIS... .A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS NOW MOVING INTO THE REGION. A SHARP COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH OVERNIGHT...BRINGING FALLING TEMPERATURES INTO THE 30S ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD RAIN. AS THE SURFACE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK...THE RAIN WILL BEGIN TO FORM A GLAZE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. AS THE COLD AIR CONTINUES TO PUSH EASTWARD...THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET THEN SNOW. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING MAY EXCEED ONE QUARTER INCH IN SOME LOCATIONS. AFTER THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE ICE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SLIGHTLY LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OVER EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE OVERALL PRECIPITATION AREA IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. ILZ044>046-054>057-061-301400- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0002.061130T2100Z-061201T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KILX.WS.W.0002.061130T1900Z-061201T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 356 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SHARP COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH EASTERN ILLINOIS...BRINGING WIDESPREAD RAIN. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK TOWARD MIDDAY...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN TURN TO SLEET...THEN SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ON TOP OF THE ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. $$ ILZ043-052-053-301400- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0002.061130T2100Z-061201T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ DE WITT-CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 356 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SHARP COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA...BRINGING WIDESPREAD RAIN. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK LATER THIS MORNING...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE BY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN TURN TO SLEET...THEN SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE ICE BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ031-037-038-041-042-047>051-301400- /O.EXT.KILX.WS.W.0002.061130T0956Z-061201T1800Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 356 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. A SHARP COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA...BRINGING WIDESPREAD RAIN. TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY BELOW THE FREEZING MARK OVER NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...AND THESE FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST THIS MORNING. EXPECT THE RAIN TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN LATER THIS MORNING...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE BY THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN TURN TO SLEET...THEN SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. $$ ILZ027>030-036-040-301400- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 356 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. A SHARP COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA...BRINGING WIDESPREAD RAIN. TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY BELOW THE FREEZING MARK OVER NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...AND THESE FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST THIS MORNING. EXPECT THE RAIN TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE BY THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN TURN TO SLEET...THEN SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-301400- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0002.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WW.Y.0004.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 356 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EXPECT RAIN TO CONTINUE TODAY...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE 30S BY LATE AFTERNOON. ONCE THE TEMPERATURE FALLS BELOW THE FREEZING MARK EARLY THIS EVENING...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN...WITH A GLAZE OF ICE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE ICE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY 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. $$ CHURCHILL
000 WWUS43 KILX 301352 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 752 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON BEGINNING TO IMPACT ILLINOIS... .A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS NOW AFFECTING THE REGION. A SHARP COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH OVERNIGHT...BRINGING FALLING TEMPERATURES INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. A TENTH TO AN EIGHTH OF AN INCH OF GLAZE HAS ACCUMULATED WEST OF A LINE FROM PEORIA TO HAVANA. AS THE SURFACE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK...GLAZE WILL THICKEN ON EXPOSED SURFACES AND TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK AND FALL. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH SLEET TODAY NORTHWEST OF I-55. SOUTHEAST OF THERE...MOSTLY RAIN IS EXPECTED. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING MAY EXCEED ONE QUARTER INCH IN SOME LOCATIONS. A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MID TO LATE EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION MAY START AS RAIN AGAIN TOWARD MIDNIGHT...THEN QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE ICE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS. LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OVER EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE OVERALL PRECIPITATION AREA IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>053-301800- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 752 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TODAY. TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY BELOW FREEZING OVER NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...AND THESE FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SPREAD EAST TODAY...REACHING A LINE FROM BLOOMINGTON TO SPRINGFIELD. ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE HAS ALREADY ACCUMULATED FOR AREAS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM PEORIA TO HAVANA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE WILL BE LIKELY AS FAR EAST AS BLOOMINGTON TO SPRINGFIELD BY THIS EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES TODAY AS WELL. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH BETWEEN 5 AND 11 PM THIS EVENING...AS THE AIRMASS WARMS AGAIN AHEAD OF THE MAJOR LOW PRESSURE. DUE TO THAT WARM AIR SURGING NORTH...PRECIPITATION MAY START OUT AS RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. IT MAY ALSO DELAY THE START OF SNOW TO AFTER 3 AM. WHEN THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL COME DOWN UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR... CREATING ZERO VISIBILITY IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. $$ ILZ044>046-054>057-061-301800- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.061130T1900Z-061201T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 752 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. A SHARP COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH EASTERN ILLINOIS...BRINGING WIDESPREAD RAIN. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING TOWARD MIDDAY...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...THEN DIMINISH THIS EVENING. WARM AIR WILL SURGE NORTH THIS EVENING...AHEAD OF THE MAIN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...CHANGING ANY PRECIPITATION BACK TO RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN AS RAIN UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT NOT AS WIDESPREAD. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND 6 AM...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID DAY FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ON TOP OF THE ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. $$ ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-301800- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0004.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 752 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT RAIN TO CONTINUE TODAY...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE 30S BY LATE AFTERNOON. THERE REMAINS A CHANCE THAT TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING EARLY THIS EVENING...CREATING A GLAZE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. A SURGE OF WARM AIR LATER THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE MAIN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CAUSE THE PRECIPITATION TO BEGIN AS RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN TOWARD MIDNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION IS THEN EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW FRIDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE ON TOP OF ANY ICE THAT FORMS. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SHIMON
000 WWUS43 KILX 301900 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 100 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON BEGINNING TO IMPACT ILLINOIS... .A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS NOW AFFECTING THE REGION. FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT ICING IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...BEFORE SNOW DEVELOPS LATE TONIGHT. 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-302000- /O.CAN.KILX.WW.Y.0004.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 100 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS SHOULD RECEIVE MOSTLY RAIN THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. SOME SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY MORNING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN AROUND AN INCH. THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. $$ ILZ044>046-054>057-061-302300- /O.EXT.KILX.WS.W.0002.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 100 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CHAMPAIGN TO SHELBYVILLE THROUGH EVENING. UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICING IS STILL EXPECTED IN THAT AREA. WEST OF THERE...LESSER AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED. WARM AIR WILL SURGE NORTH THIS EVENING...AHEAD OF THE MAIN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...PUSHING THE RAIN FREEZING RAIN LINE BACK NORTH. THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN AS RAIN UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT NOT AS WIDESPREAD. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND 6 AM...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID DAY FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ON TOP OF THE ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047-302300- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER- MASON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...HAVANA 100 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE HEAVY SNOW BEGINS BETWEEN BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM. WHEN THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL COME DOWN UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR... CREATING ZERO VISIBILITY IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. $$ ILZ038-042-043-048>053-302300- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 100 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. AREAS LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE STILL POSSIBLE EAST OF A LINE FROM SPRINGFIELD TO BLOOMINGTON. THE AIRMASS WARMS AGAIN AHEAD OF THE MAJOR LOW PRESSURE. DUE TO THAT WARM AIR SURGING NORTH...PRECIPITATION MAY START OUT AS RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. IT MAY ALSO DELAY THE START OF SNOW TO AFTER 3 AM. WHEN THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL COME DOWN UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR... CREATING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS WILL BE TOWARD THE ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ SHIMON
000 WWUS43 KILX 302135 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 335 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON BEGINNING TO IMPACT ILLINOIS... .A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS NOW AFFECTING THE REGION. FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT ICING IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... BEFORE SNOW DEVELOPS LATE TONIGHT. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN. ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047-010200- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER- MASON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...HAVANA 335 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE HEAVY SNOW BEGINS BETWEEN BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM. WHEN THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL COME DOWN UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR... CREATING ZERO VISIBILITY IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. $$ ILZ038-042-043-048>053-010200- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 335 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE STILL POSSIBLE. THE BULK OF THE SNOW WILL FALL AFTER 3 AM. WHEN THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL COME DOWN UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR... CREATING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS WILL BE TOWARD THE ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ044>046-054>057-061-010200- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 335 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CHAMPAIGN TO SHELBYVILLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICING IS STILL EXPECTED IN THAT AREA. WEST OF THERE...LESSER AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED. WARM AIR WILL SURGE NORTH THIS EVENING...AHEAD OF THE MAIN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...PUSHING THE RAIN FREEZING RAIN LINE BACK NORTH. THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN AS RAIN UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT NOT AS WIDESPREAD. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ON TOP OF THE ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. $$ BAK/SHIMON
000 WWUS43 KILX 010157 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 757 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON BEGINNING TO IMPACT ILLINOIS... .A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS NOW AFFECTING THE REGION. FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT ICING IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... BEFORE SNOW DEVELOPS LATER TONIGHT. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN. ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047-010600- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER- MASON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...HAVANA 757 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE HEAVY SNOW BEGINS AROUND MIDNIGHT. WHEN THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL COME DOWN UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...CREATING ZERO VISIBILITY IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ038-042-043-048>053-010600- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 757 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER ONE HALF INCH ARE LIKELY. THE BULK OF THE SNOW WILL FALL AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHEN THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL COME DOWN UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR...CREATING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS WILL BE TOWARD THE ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. $$ ILZ044>046-054>057-061-010600- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 757 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CHAMPAIGN TO SHELBYVILLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICING IS STILL EXPECTED IN THAT AREA. WEST OF THERE... LESSER AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED. WARM AIR WILL SURGE NORTH THIS EVENING...AHEAD OF THE MAIN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM... PUSHING THE RAIN FREEZING RAIN LINE BACK NORTH. THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN AS RAIN UNTIL LATE TONIGHT IN SOME AREAS. SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT NOT AS WIDESPREAD. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ON TOP OF THE ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ AUTEN
000 WWUS43 KILX 010600 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1200 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM AFFECTING MOST OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING... .A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS NOW AFFECTING THE REGION. FREEZING RAIN HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR. THERE HAS BEEN A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY DURING THE EVENING HOURS WITH THE PRECIPITATION NOW BEGINNING TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN. ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047-011000- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER- MASON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...HAVANA 1200 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WHICH OCCURRED OVER THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY DURING THURSDAY EVENING IS STARTING TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH HAVE OCCURRED IN SOME LOCATIONS THURSDAY EVENING. ONCE THE MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO ALL SNOW...SOME OF THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING WITH SOME AREAS SEEING SNOWFALL RATES OF FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...CREATING ZERO VISIBILITY IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ038-042-043-048>053-011000- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 1200 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER ONE HALF INCH ARE LIKELY. THE BULK OF THE SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN 300 AM AND NOON TODAY. WHEN THE MIXED PRECIPITATION DOES CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS MORNING...IT WILL COME DOWN UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR...CREATING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS WILL BE TOWARD THE ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ044>046-054>057-061-011000- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 1200 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CHAMPAIGN TO SHELBYVILLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. UP TO A QUARTER TO LOCALLY ONE HALF INCH OF ICE IS STILL EXPECTED. WEST OF THERE... LESSER AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED. WARM AIR IS BEGINNING TO SURGE NORTH EARLY THIS MORNING AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE AREA IN WESTERN TENNESSEE...PUSHING THE RAIN FREEZING RAIN LINE BACK NORTH. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER 300 AM...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ON TOP OF THE ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. $$ SMITH
000 WWUS43 KILX 011003 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 403 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM AFFECTING MOST OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING... .A STRONG WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO PUSH ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN ILLINOIS INTO WESTERN INDIANA THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR...WITH THE WINTRY MIX NOW CHANGING OVER TO MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND STILL APPEARS TO BE IN THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY WHERE 7 TO 11 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS MORNING WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF TO SEVERAL INCHES AS YOU HEAD EAST OF INTERSTATE 57. AS THE LOW PULLS INTO NORTHERN INDIANA LATER THIS MORNING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047-011615- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER- MASON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...HAVANA 403 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ038-042-043-048>053-011615- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 403 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. RAIN...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY 600 AM. SOME OF THE SNOW WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES BY LATE THIS MORNING WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH AT TIMES CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ044>046-054>057-061-011615- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 403 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE AREA HAS EXPERIENCED MAINLY RAIN OVER THE PAST 2 TO 4 HOURS AS TEMPERATURES WARMED INTO THE MIDDLE 30S...LOOK FOR THE RAIN TO CHANGE BACK TO SLEET AND OR FREEZING RAIN FOR A BRIEF TIME...AND THEN OVER TO SNOW DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. ALTHOUGH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WONT BE AS HIGH AS THEY WILL BE TO OUR WEST...THE COMBINATION OF THE FALLING SNOW AND TEMPERATURES...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING HOURS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES BY LATE THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ SMITH
000 WWUS43 KILX 011622 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1022 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM PULLING OUT OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING... .A STRONG WINTER STORM IS RAPIDLY MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARDS MICHIGAN THIS MORNING. AS A RESULT... BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY WEAKEN ACROSS THE REGION. SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED TO CLEAR OUT OF THE REGION BY MIDDAY. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM... STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ILZ027>029-036-037-040>042-047>051-012130- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.BS.Y.0001.061201T1622Z-061202T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...HAVANA...LINCOLN... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 1022 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE WINTER STORM THAT AFFECTED THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING PRODUCED ANYWHERE FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. WHILE THE SNOW HAS STOPPED... STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESH FALLEN SNOW... REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SNOW MAY DRIFT AND COVER OVER ROADWAYS THAT WERE ALREADY PLOWED. IN ADDITION... DRIFTED SNOW MAY COVER UP BLACK ICE. THE HAZARD WILL BE MOST PRONOUNCED ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ILZ030-031-011800- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ MARSHALL-WOODFORD- 1022 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. BANDS OF SNOW ARE RAPIDLY MOVING EAST... AND SHOULD CLEAR THE AREA BY NOON. IN THE MEANTIME... LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA... WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. THIS SHOULD BRING TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 8 TO 12 INCHES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL LIKELY BE REPLACED WITH A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY AFTER NOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ038-043-052-053-011800- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ MCLEAN-DE WITT-CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...TAYLORVILLE... DECATUR 1022 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. BANDS OF SNOW ARE RAPIDLY MOVING EAST... AND SHOULD CLEAR THE AREA BY NOON. IN THE MEANTIME... LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA... WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE WINTER STORM WARNING MAY BE REPLACED WITH A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY OVER PORTIONS OF THE REGION AFTER NOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ044>046-054>057-061-011800- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 1022 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. BANDS OF SNOW ARE RAPIDLY MOVING EAST... AND SHOULD CLEAR THE AREA BY MIDDAY. IN THE MEANTIME... LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA... WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ HARDIMAN
000 WWUS43 KILX 011743 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1143 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .THE MAJOR WINTER STORM WHICH PRODUCED HEAVY SNOW AND ICE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING HAS MOVED INTO EASTERN MICHIGAN. IN ITS WAKE... SNOW IS RAPIDLY DISSIPATING ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER... STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. THIS HAZARD WILL BE MOST PRONOUNCED ALONG AND WEST OF THE I-55 CORRIDOR WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WERE HIGHEST. ILZ030-031-038-012200- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KILX.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-061202T0000Z/ MARSHALL-WOODFORD-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL 1143 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE STRONG WINTER STORM WHICH AFFECTED THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING IS RAPIDLY MOVING OUT OF THE AREA. WHILE THE SNOW HAS ENDED... STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS HAZARD WILL BE MOST PRONOUNCED ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SNOW MAY DRIFT AND COVER OVER ROADS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY PLOWED. IN ADDITION... DRIFTING SNOW MAY COVER UP BLACK ICE. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ILZ043>046-052>057-061-011845- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE- DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 1143 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW IS RAPIDLY DISSIPATING ACROSS THE AREA... AND NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF BLACK ICE FORMING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA... POSSIBLY RE-FREEZING WET AND SLUSHY ROADWAYS. $$ ILZ027>029-036-037-040>042-047>051-012200- /O.CON.KILX.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-061202T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...HAVANA...LINCOLN... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 1143 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE STRONG WINTER STORM WHICH AFFECTED THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING IS RAPIDLY MOVING OUT OF THE AREA. WHILE THE SNOW HAS ENDED... STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS HAZARD WILL BE MOST PRONOUNCED ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SNOW MAY DRIFT AND COVER OVER ROADS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY PLOWED. IN ADDITION... DRIFTING SNOW MAY COVER UP BLACK ICE. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ HARDIMAN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Nov 29, 10:34 AM CST, 4 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 10:34 AM CST, 4 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1034 AM CST WED NOV 29 2006 .DISCUSSION... 16Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS. WINDS HAVE SWITCHED TO NORTHWESTERLY AT BOTH MACOMB AND GALESBURG...WITH TEMPS DROPPING INTO THE 40S. FURTHER EAST...UNSEASONABLY WARM AIRMASS STILL IN PLACE ACROSS THE REST OF THE KILX CWA...WITH TEMPS MAINLY IN THE MIDDLE 60S. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK ALONG THE FRONT ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER. STRONGER STORMS ARE NOTED FURTHER SOUTHWEST ALONG THE BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THESE STORMS SHOULD REACH THE FAR W/SW CWA SHORTLY AFTER 11AM...THEN SPREAD UP THE ILLINOIS RIVER INTO THE AFTERNOON. INSTABILITY IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED...HOWEVER IMPRESSIVE WIND FIELDS AND STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES...SUGGEST THE APPROACHING STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL. WITH FRONT REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THE BULK OF THE SHOWERS/STORMS WILL REMAIN ALONG AND WEST OF I-55. HAVE THEREFORE BUMPED POPS UP CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THESE AREAS. HAVE ALSO ADJUSTED TEMP GRIDS A BIT...FEATURING NEARLY STEADY TEMPS ACROSS THE FAR W/NW...WITH HIGHS CLIMBING INTO THE UPPER 60S ELSEWHERE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... SAME FORECAST ISSUES REMAIN...ONGOING PRECIP AHEAD OF AND ALONG A COLD FRONT SWEEPING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THIS MORNING. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE FLOW AS A MAJOR TROF DIGS IN OVER THE ROCKIES. COLD FRONT CURRENTLY STRETCHED FROM NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ALONG THE MISS RIVER VALLEY BACK THRU NWRN MO AND INTO SERN KS. SHOWERY PRECIP ACROSS THE NWRN PORTIONS OF THE STATE IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS EMBEDDED WAVES MOVE THROUGH THE SWRLY FLOW ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. GFS AND 06Z NAM STARTING TO COME INTO AGREEMENT THIS MORNING ABOUT THE TRACK OF THE SFC LOW. ECMWF STILL SIGNIFICANTLY LACKING IN SFC LOW STRENGTH. CANADIAN GLOBAL STICKING TO ITS PREVIOUS FORECASTS. NOT A LOT OF CHANGES TO THE FORECAST AS A RESULT. WWD HAS CHANGED WITH THE FORECAST OF THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WITH THE SHIFT OF THE SYSTEMS TO THE SE. CENTRAL FA IS MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED IN LATEST RUN. FROM THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY SEWD TO INTERSTATE 57 COULD SEE APPRECIABLE SNOW FALL TOTALS THU EVENING AND NIGHT. AVOIDING HEADLINES AT THIS POINT TO AVOID A LOT OF OSCILLATION. LAST NIGHT...HEAVIEST SNOW FALL WAS IN THE NW...TODAY IN THE SE...THIS MORNING...ITS IN THE MIDDLE AND THE PENDULUM SEEMS TO BE ZEROING IN ON A TARGET. LET THE DAY SHIFT HAVE ONE MORE RUN AND ISSUE THE HEADLINES WITH BETTER ACCURACY. MAJOR SHIFT TO THE FORECAST IS TO SHIFT THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE CENTRAL ZONES...KEEPING ICE IN THE NW...BUT ALSO THE LOWER POPS WELL BEHIND THE FRONT. SHORT TERM...TODAY AND TONIGHT... MODELS ARE NOT RESPONDING TO THE MORE RAPID PACE OF THE FRONT FROM YESTERDAY EVENING. WITH THE FRONT IN SLIGHTLY MORE PARALLEL FLOW...A SLOWING TREND IS LIKELY...THOUGH SHORT TERM WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE AFFECTS ON THE DETAILS. AS IT IS...WITH OVERNIGHT TEMPS STILL IN THE LOW 60S AND UPPER 50S...HAVE GONE WITH A LESS THAN DIURNAL TREND IN THE HOURLY TEMPS THROUGHOUT TODAY. THEN THE TEMPS START TO DROP OFF FROM THE NW TO THE SE IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. SPC HAS PAINTED A SLIGHT RISK OVER ALMOST THE ENTIRE CWA TODAY...SPARING ONLY THE FAR EASTERN COUNTIES. FROPA IS LIKELY WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND WARM TEMPS STILL IN PLACE...THOUGH IN THE OVERNIGHT AND EVENING HOURS TONIGHT. THOUGH FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW WEAK INSTABILITY...COLD FRONT IS VERY STRONG AND INCREASINGLY STRONG UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR WILL LEND ITSELF TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HAIL AND SVR WINDS SHOULD THE THUNDERSTORMS ORGANIZE. LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... CHANCES FOR PRECIP WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY. H5 TROF AND SFC LOW HANGING BACK A BIT UNTIL THURSDAY/THU NIGHT AS IT MOVES IN. WILL SEE A SWITCH TO WINTER PRECIP AS THURSDAY PROGRESSES AND THE COLDER AIR EDGES IN FROM THE NW. DEVELOPING SFC LOW IS MODELED TO RIDE UP THE COLD FRONT AT THE SFC. THURSDAY NIGHT...THE H5 TROF MOVES OVER THE REGION...INTO A NEGATIVE TILT. OR AT LEAST...THE PAST FEW RUNS HAVE HINTED AT THIS. LATEST RUNS OF THE GFS AND NAM RAPIDLY DEVELOP THE SFC CYCLONE PRIOR TO THE NEGATIVE TILT OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROF. IN CONTRAST...THE ECMWF DOES NOT RAPIDLY DEVELOP THE SFC CYCLONE UNTIL A MORE NEG TILT...BUT WELL OFF TO THE NE. THE VERY CONSISTENT (THOUGH ONCE AGAIN THE OUTLIER) CANADIAN KEEPS THE WAVE WELL TO THE SOUTH AND EAST...RIDING UP THE FRONT WHEN THE WEATHER IS WELL OUT OF THE AREA. KEEPING THE GOING FORECAST WHICH IS A VERY CONSERVATIVE BLEND OF ECMWF AND GFS. REMAINING FORECAST DRY AT THIS POINT...THOUGH BEGINNING TO SHOW A SIGNAL OF POSSIBLE PRECIP FOR THE NRN TIER OF ILLINOIS LATE IN THE WEEKEND AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROF MOVES THROUGH...WITH A REINFORCING...ALBEIT BRIEF SHOT OF COLD AIR. HAVE DROPPED TEMPS SUN NIGHT AND MON SLIGHTLY OFF OF GUIDANCE AS A RESULT. YET ANOTHER TROF FORECAST FOR TUESDAY WITH A LITTLE MORE LAYER RH COULD RESULT IN POPS BEING ADDED NEXT RUN. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && BARNES/HJS
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 29, 12:00 PM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1200 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ILZ031-037-038-041>043-047>053-301200- CASS-CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-LOGAN-MACON-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN- SANGAMON-SCOTT-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 1200 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS MOVES TOWARD THE MIDWEST. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS FROM MIDDAY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIKELY FROM THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AS ARCTIC AIR POURS INTO THE REGION BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY DROP TO AROUND THE FREEZING MARK BY MIDDAY THURSDAY...WHICH WILL CAUSE FREEZING RAIN AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON EXPOSED SURFACES. AS THE COLD AIR CONTINUES TO PUSH EASTWARD...THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING 8 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED TO LATER STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A CONFERENCE CALL WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND THE MEDIA AT 2 PM. ILZ027>030-036-040-301200- FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-STARK- 1200 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS MOVES TOWARD THE MIDWEST. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS FROM MIDDAY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIKELY FROM THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AS ARCTIC AIR POURS INTO THE REGION BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE AROUND THE FREEZING MARK BY THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE...WHICH WILL CAUSE FREEZING RAIN AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON EXPOSED SURFACES. AS THE COLD AIR CONTINUES TO PUSH EASTWARD...THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING 6 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED TO LATER STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A CONFERENCE CALL WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND THE MEDIA AT 2 PM. ILZ044>046-054>057-061-301200- CHAMPAIGN-COLES-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SHELBY-VERMILION- 1200 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS MOVES TOWARD THE MIDWEST. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIKELY FROM THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AS ARCTIC AIR POURS INTO THE REGION BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY DROP BELOW THE FREEZING MARK BY THURSDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN A CHANGE OVER TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...THEN TO MOSTLY SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED TO LATER STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A CONFERENCE CALL WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND THE MEDIA AT 2 PM. ILZ062-063-301200- CLARK-CUMBERLAND- 1200 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS MOVES TOWARD THE MIDWEST. MOST OF THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE AREA...BUT GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIKELY FROM THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AS ARCTIC AIR POURS INTO THE REGION BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY DROP BELOW THE FREEZING MARK BY THURSDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN A CHANGE OVER TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...THEN TO MOSTLY SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED TO LATER STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. A CONFERENCE CALL WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND THE MEDIA AT 2 PM. ILZ066>068-071>073-301200- CLAY-CRAWFORD-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 1200 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS MOVES TOWARD THE MIDWEST. MOST OF THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE AREA...BUT GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIKELY FROM THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AS ARCTIC AIR POURS INTO THE REGION BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY DROP BELOW THE FREEZING MARK LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN A GRADUAL CHANGE OVER TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. A PERIOD OF SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR EARLY FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. STAY TUNED TO LATER STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. A CONFERENCE CALL WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND THE MEDIA AT 2 PM. BARNES
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Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 9:19 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 19 hr |
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