Alert archive / Illinois / Blizzard Warnings in 2007
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this blizzard warning at Feb 13, 2007, 3:50 AM CST for 18 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 19 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
- Feb 13, 2007, 3:50 AM CST (09:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2007, 10:47 PM CST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Scott County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 4 Nne Normal, IL | |
| Feb 13, 5:12 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.1 | 2 E South Pekin, IL | |
| Feb 13, 5:12 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.1 | Le Roy, IL | DRIFTING SNOW 6 -12 INCHES DEEP. |
| Feb 13, 5:12 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Macon, IL | 5 INCHES ON THE GROUND. 1 INCH OF NEW SNOWFALL IN PAST 2.5 HOURS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Feb 13, 5:14 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Germantown Hills, IL | |
| Feb 13, 5:38 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Springfield, IL | WTAX RADIO REPORTED 5-6 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SPRINGFIELD. |
| Feb 13, 5:50 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.3 | Ogden, IL | |
| Feb 13, 5:53 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Lincoln, IL | 4.5 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED AT THE NWS OFFICE |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 5 W Bloomington, IL | |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | Havana, IL | |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.4 | 2 Sw Athens, IL | 4.4 INCHES OF SNOW |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 4 Nne Riverton, IL | |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.2 | Rankin, IL | |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Mount Pulaski, IL | |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Springfield, IL | NORTHERN PORTION OF SPRINGFIELD...MEASURED BY NWS EMPLOYEE. |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | Springfield, IL | 6.2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL AT THE OFFICIAL SPRINGFIELD OBSERVER. |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 2 S Philadelphia, IL | 3 FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.6 | 4 Sw Springfield, IL | 2-3 FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Feb 13, 6:50 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | 2 S Philadelphia, IL | STRONG WINDS OF 40+ MPH. DRIFTS TO 3 FEET. |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Lane, IL | DRIFTS TO 3 FEET. |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Morrisonville, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 2 W Washington, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Jacksonville, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | 2 Sw Petersburg, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | Hoopeston, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Winchester, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.7 | Roanoke, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Philo, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.4 | Tuscola, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.6 | Lovington, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 3 Ssw Loami, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 5 Nw Sidell, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.1 | Mahomet, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.2 | 4 N Decatur, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.3 | Urbana, IL | FROM WILL COOP IN URBANA |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 4 Ssw Urbana, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:20 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.3 | Homer, IL | PEAK WIND GUST 37 MPH AT 658 AM. |
| Feb 13, 7:20 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | Athens, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Groveland, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:40 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Farmer City, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:40 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.4 | 8 E Petersburg, IL | 5.4 INCHES OF SNOW. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH MEASURED WINDS OF 24 MPH AND GUSTS TO 33 MPH. DRIFTS TO 2 FEET WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. |
| Feb 13, 7:45 AM CST | SLEET 0.1 | 3 N Union, IL | SWITCHED FROM PLAIN RAIN TO SLEET WITH ACCUMULATION ON GROUND. |
| Feb 13, 7:46 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Taylorville, IL | 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND 1/8 INCH OF ICE. |
| Feb 13, 7:46 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Arcola, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:46 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Monticello, IL | |
| Feb 13, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Danville, IL | |
| Feb 13, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 2 N Athens, IL | |
| Feb 13, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Bismarck, IL | 4 INCHES OF SNOW...WIND GUSTS TO 37 MPH. 2 FOOT DRIFTS OF SNOW. |
| Feb 13, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Fisher, IL | |
| Feb 13, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 4 Sw Springfield, IL | 7 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED. MAJOR DRIFTING OF 2 TO 3 FOOT DRIFTS. EAST-WEST ROADS AND BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES NEARLY IMPASSABLE. VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO. |
| Feb 13, 8:04 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Springfield, IL | 7 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED. 1 FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Feb 13, 8:50 AM CST | SNOW 7.3 | Springfield, IL | STORM TOTAL FROM OFFICIAL OBSERVER IN SPRINGFIELD |
| Feb 13, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Clinton, IL | |
| Feb 13, 9:10 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Clinton, IL | DRIFTS OF 2 TO 3 FEET |
| Feb 13, 9:15 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Germantown Hills, IL | |
| Feb 13, 9:45 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Rantoul, IL | SNOW DRIFTS TO 1.5 FEET |
| Feb 13, 9:50 AM CST | SNOW 7.4 | Ogden, IL | |
| Feb 13, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.3 | Homer, IL | |
| Feb 13, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 7.1 | Petersburg, IL | |
| Feb 13, 10:05 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Lane, IL | 3 TO 4 FOOT DRIFTS. SOME ROADS ARE CLOSED IN DEWITT COUNTY. NUMEROUS CAR ACCIDENTS. |
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 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 1018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 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 130950 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 350 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO AFFECT PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING WAS TRACKING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO PARTS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE HEAVY BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A TAYLORVILLE TO SULLIVAN TO CHRISMAN LINE WITH A WINTRY MIX OCCURRING TO THE SOUTH. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I72 CORRIDOR. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE HEAVIER BAND WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES BY EARLY THIS EVENING WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS WEST AND NORTH OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER AND SOUTH TOWARDS INTERSTATE 70 WHERE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. ILZ031-037-038-041>055-131400- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.BZ.W.0001.070213T0950Z-070214T0600Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 350 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WITH 10 TO 15 INCHES EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 72 CORRIDOR FROM NEAR SPRINGFIELD EAST TOWARDS CHAMPAIGN. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING...PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN MANY AREAS. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS NORTHEAST WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH. 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. $$ ILZ027>030-036-040-056-057-061>063-131400- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 350 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE JUST EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 72...SNOW WILL MIX AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE ALL THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES SNOW LATER THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 72 WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS...PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS NORTHEAST WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-131400- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070214T0000Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 350 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET...WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW LATER THIS MORNING...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY SUNSET WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTH OF A EFFINGHAM TO ROBINSON LINE. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ALONG WITH THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL TODAY WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. IN ADDITION...AS THE STORM SYSTEM TRACKS INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY LATE TODAY... NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...PRODUCING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. $$ SMITH
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KILX 131352 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 752 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS THIS MORNING WAS TRACKING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO PARTS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE HEAVY BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A TAYLORVILLE TO SULLIVAN TO CHRISMAN LINE WITH A WINTRY MIX OCCURRING TO THE SOUTH. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I72 CORRIDOR. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE HEAVIER BAND WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS WEST AND NORTH OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER AND SOUTH TOWARDS INTERSTATE 70 WHERE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. ILZ031-037-038-041>055-131800- /O.CON.KILX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 752 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WITH 10 TO AS MUCH AS 15 INCHES IN A FEW LOCATIONS EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING... PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN MANY AREAS. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS NORTHEAST WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH. 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. $$ ILZ027>030-036-040-056-057-061>063-131800- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 752 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE JUST EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 72...SNOW WILL MIX AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE ALL THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES SNOW LATER THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 72 WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS...PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS NORTHEAST WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH. 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. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-131800- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070214T0000Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 752 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET...WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW LATER THIS MORNING...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY SUNSET WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTH OF A EFFINGHAM TO ROBINSON LINE. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ALONG WITH THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL TODAY WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. IN ADDITION...AS THE STORM SYSTEM TRACKS INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY LATE TODAY... NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...PRODUCING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SMITH
000 WWUS43 KILX 131748 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1148 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS THIS MORNING WAS TRACKING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE HEAVY BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A TAYLORVILLE TO SULLIVAN TO CHRISMAN LINE WITH A WINTRY MIX OCCURRING TO THE SOUTH. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-72 CORRIDOR. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE HEAVIER BAND WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS WEST AND NORTH OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER AND SOUTH TOWARDS I-70 WHERE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. ILZ031-037-038-041>055-132200- /O.CON.KILX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 1148 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WITH 10 TO AS MUCH AS 15 INCHES IN A FEW LOCATIONS EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING... PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN MANY AREAS. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS NORTHEAST WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH. 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. $$ ILZ027>030-036-040-056-057-061>063-132200- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 1148 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE JUST EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. SNOWFALL TOTALS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 72 WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS...PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS NORTHEAST WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-132200- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070214T0000Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1148 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET...WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY SUNSET WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTH OF A EFFINGHAM TO ROBINSON LINE. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ALONG WITH THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL TODAY WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. IN ADDITION...AS THE STORM SYSTEM TRACKS INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY LATE TODAY... NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...PRODUCING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. $$
000 WWUS43 KILX 132131 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 331 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS INTO THE EVENING...AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS JUST SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND ONE INCH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...TO AS MUCH AS TWO TO THREE INCHES IN EAST- CENTRAL ILLINOIS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. ILZ031-037-038-041>055-140200- /O.CON.KILX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 331 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND COMING TO AN END AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND ONE INCH. NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ ILZ027>030-036-040-056-057-061>063-140200- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 331 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND COMING TO AN END AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND ONE INCH ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY...WITH AS MUCH AS TWO TO THREE INCHES ALONG THE I-57 CORRIDOR. NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. 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. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-140000- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070214T0000Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 331 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A MIXTURE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND COMING TO AN END AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND ONE INCH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BARNES
000 WWUS43 KILX 132329 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 529 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS INTO THE EVENING...AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS JUST SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND ONE INCH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...TO AS MUCH AS TWO TO THREE INCHES IN EAST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. ILZ031-037-038-041>055-140400- /O.CON.KILX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 529 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND COMING TO AN END AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND ONE INCH. NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. 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. $$ ILZ027>030-036-040-056-057-061>063-140400- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 529 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND COMING TO AN END AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND ONE INCH ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY...WITH AS MUCH AS TWO TO THREE INCHES ALONG THE I-57 CORRIDOR. NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-140400- /O.EXT.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 529 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATER THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS. 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. $$ BAK
000 WWUS43 KILX 140108 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 708 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. HOWEVER...GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ILZ027>030-036-040-140600- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.BS.Y.0001.070214T0108Z-070214T1000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 708 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL AREA ROAD CREWS CAN REMOVE LARGE DRIFTS FROM AREA ROADS. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ILZ031-037-038-041>055-140600- /O.CON.KILX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 708 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND COMING TO AN END TOWARD MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND ONE INCH. NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. 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. $$ ILZ056-057-061>063-140600- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 708 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND COMING TO AN END AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND ONE INCH ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY...WITH AS MUCH AS TWO TO THREE INCHES ALONG THE I-57 CORRIDOR. NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-140600- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 708 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATER THIS EVENING. UP TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS. 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. $$ BAK
000 WWUS43 KILX 140447 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1047 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ILZ031-037-038-041>055-141000- /O.CAN.KILX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KILX.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T1000Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 1047 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL AREA ROAD CREWS CAN REMOVE LARGE DRIFTS FROM AREA ROADS. EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE MOST IMPACTED. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ILZ056-057-061>063-141000- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KILX.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T1000Z/ COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 1047 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL AREA ROAD CREWS CAN REMOVE LARGE DRIFTS FROM AREA ROADS. EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE MOST IMPACTED. 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. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-140600- /O.CAN.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1047 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW REMAINS POSSIBLE. $$ ILZ027>030-036-040-141000- /O.CON.KILX.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T1000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 1047 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL AREA ROAD CREWS CAN REMOVE LARGE DRIFTS FROM AREA ROADS. EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE MOST IMPACTED. 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. $$ BAK
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Blizzard Warnings in Illinois, 2007Every blizzard warning in 2007
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.