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Ice Storm Warning 3, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this ice storm warning at Nov 30, 2007, 2:49 PM CST for 9 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Dec 1, 2007, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr. 36 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 30, 2007, 2:49 PM CST (20:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 1, 2007, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2007, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Marshall County, IL, McLean County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 9:15 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Germantown Hills, IL | MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW GRAINS |
| Dec 1, 9:15 AM CST | SLEET 0 | Mossville, IL | |
| Dec 1, 9:20 AM CST | SLEET 0 | Princeville, IL | |
| Dec 1, 9:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Peoria, IL | |
| Dec 1, 9:55 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Castleton, IL | |
| Dec 1, 10:07 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Eureka, IL | NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON I-74 THROUGH WOODFORD COUNTY. SEVERAL INJURIES REPORTED. |
| Dec 1, 10:25 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Castleton, IL | FREEZING RAIN...ACCUMULATING ON ROADS. |
| Dec 1, 10:44 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Morton, IL | ROADS EXTREMELY SLICK |
| Dec 1, 11:10 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Rome, IL | |
| Dec 1, 11:10 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | Pekin, IL | 1/8 TO 1/4 INCH ICE. |
| Dec 1, 12:20 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Lacon, IL | MANY ACCIDENTS ALONG I-39 IN MARSHALL COUNTY |
| Dec 1, 12:20 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Morton, IL | 1/4 INCH ICE MEASURED IN MORTON |
| Dec 1, 12:20 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Toulon, IL | |
| Dec 1, 12:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Washington, IL | |
| Dec 1, 1:10 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | 1 W Vermont, IL | |
| Dec 1, 1:10 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.18 | Galesburg, IL | 3/16 INCH ICE MEASURED IN GALESBURG. POWER OUT IN ALTONA. |
| Dec 1, 1:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Bloomington, IL | |
| Dec 1, 1:42 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.16 | Germantown Hills, IL | |
| Dec 1, 2:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Eureka, IL | 0.10 INCH OF FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 1, 2:06 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Castleton, IL | FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION OF 0.20 INCHES WITH POWER GOING OFF AND ON. POWER LINES ICING AND ROADS ICING. |
| Dec 1, 3:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | Canton, IL | 1/8 OF AN INCH OF ICE REPORTED. |
| Dec 1, 3:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | Galesburg, IL | 1/8 OF AN INCH OF ICE REPORTED IN GALESBURG. POWER OUTAGES REPORTED IN GALESBURG. |
| Dec 1, 3:15 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Bloomington, IL | |
| Dec 1, 3:15 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.33 | Galesburg, IL | OBSERVER REPORTED A THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE ON THE EAST SIDE OF GALESBURG. IN ADDITION...POWER OUTAGES IN VICTORIA...ALTONA AND ONEIDA. |
| Dec 1, 3:18 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | 1 S Mossville, IL | REPORT FROM SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OBSERVER PROGRAM |
| Dec 1, 3:19 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 2 Ssw Toulon, IL | |
| Dec 1, 3:20 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Galesburg, IL | |
| Dec 1, 3:25 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 1 N Lacon, IL | NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE |
| Dec 1, 3:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Chenoa, IL | |
| Dec 1, 3:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 1 Ne Dahinda, IL | POWER HAS BEEN OUT FOR THE PAST 2 HOURS |
| Dec 1, 3:34 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Minonk, IL | OBSERVER REPORTED AT LEAST A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE IN MINONK |
| Dec 1, 4:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Canton, IL | |
| Dec 1, 4:05 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 5 Ne Avon, IL | OBSERVER REPORTED AT LEAST A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE...AND POWER OUTAGES |
| Dec 1, 4:10 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Huntsville, IL | SCHUYLER COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORTED A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE IN WESTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY |
| Dec 1, 4:28 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Rome, IL | REPORT FROM SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OBSERVER PROGRAM |
| Dec 1, 4:29 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Castleton, IL | ICE FALLING OFF TREES UP TO A HALF INCH |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 2130 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 99 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 457 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 437 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 302049 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 249 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO ARRIVE SATURDAY... .A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM WILL TRACK FROM COLORADO TO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA BY SATURDAY EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...WARM MOIST AIR WILL BE LIFTED NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. PRECIPITATION WILL FALL THROUGH A SHALLOW COLD AIRMASS NEAR THE GROUND...RESULTING IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. MAXIMUM ICING WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS PARTS OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY...PRIMARILY ALONG AND NORTH OF A RUSHVILLE TO BLOOMINGTON LINE...WHERE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE LIKELY. FURTHER SOUTH...LESSER ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE I-72 CORRIDOR. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL RAIN ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING. ILZ027>031-036>038-040-010100- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0003.071201T1200Z-071202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.IS.W.0003.071201T1500Z-071202T0300Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL 249 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL FREEZING RAIN BY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE LIKELY...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A RUSHVILLE TO BLOOMINGTON LINE. IN ADDITION...INCREASING SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS... GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH AT TIMES...MAY CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO FALL INTO POWER LINES...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. ICE WILL MOST LIKELY ACCUMULATE FIRST ON ELEVATED SURFACES... ESPECIALLY TREES AND POWER LINES. EVENTUALLY ICE WILL AFFECT MOST ROADS AND WALKWAYS...CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ041-010100- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0003.071201T1200Z-071202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.ZR.Y.0003.071201T1500Z-071202T0000Z/ MASON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HAVANA 249 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL FREEZING RAIN BY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO RAIN BY SATURDAY EVENING. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION ON AREA ROADWAYS...AS THE LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE WILL CAUSE SLIPPERY SPOTS TO DEVELOP. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ042-047>051-010100- /O.NEW.KILX.ZR.Y.0003.071201T1500Z-071202T0000Z/ LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 249 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL FREEZING RAIN BY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO RAIN BY SATURDAY EVENING. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION ON AREA ROADWAYS...AS THE LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE WILL CAUSE SLIPPERY SPOTS TO DEVELOP. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ043>046-053-010100- /O.NEW.KILX.ZR.Y.0003.071201T1800Z-071202T0300Z/ DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...DECATUR 249 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL FREEZING RAIN LATER IN THE DAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO RAIN BY SATURDAY EVENING. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION ON AREA ROADWAYS...AS THE LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE WILL CAUSE SLIPPERY SPOTS TO DEVELOP. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BARNES
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KILX 010028 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 628 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO ARRIVE SATURDAY... .A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM WILL TRACK FROM COLORADO TO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA BY SATURDAY EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...WARM MOIST AIR WILL BE LIFTED NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. PRECIPITATION WILL FALL THROUGH A SHALLOW COLD AIRMASS NEAR THE GROUND... RESULTING IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. MAXIMUM ICING WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS PARTS OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY...PRIMARILY ALONG AND NORTH OF A RUSHVILLE TO BLOOMINGTON LINE...WHERE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE LIKELY. FURTHER SOUTH...LESSER ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE I-72 CORRIDOR. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL RAIN ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING. ILZ027>031-036>038-040-010700- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0003.071201T1500Z-071202T0300Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL 628 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL FREEZING RAIN BY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE LIKELY...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A RUSHVILLE TO BLOOMINGTON LINE. IN ADDITION...INCREASING SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS... GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH AT TIMES...MAY CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO FALL INTO POWER LINES...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. ICE WILL MOST LIKELY ACCUMULATE FIRST ON ELEVATED SURFACES... ESPECIALLY TREES AND POWER LINES. EVENTUALLY ICE WILL AFFECT MOST ROADS AND WALKWAYS...CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ041-042-047>051-010700- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0003.071201T1500Z-071202T0000Z/ MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD 628 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL FREEZING RAIN BY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO RAIN BY SATURDAY EVENING. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION ON AREA ROADWAYS...AS THE LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE WILL CAUSE SLIPPERY SPOTS TO DEVELOP. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ043>046-053-010700- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0003.071201T1800Z-071202T0300Z/ DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...DECATUR 628 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL FREEZING RAIN LATER IN THE DAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO RAIN BY SATURDAY EVENING. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION ON AREA ROADWAYS...AS THE LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE WILL CAUSE SLIPPERY SPOTS TO DEVELOP. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KILX 010651 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1251 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM STILL ON TRACK TO BRING FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY OVER THE PLAINS STATES TODAY WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS MOVING ACROSS THE COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE OVER THE REGION. THIS WARM MOIST AIR OVERLYING THE SHALLOW LAYER OF COLDER AIR NEAR THE SURFACE WILL SET UP CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY NORTH OF A RUSHVILLE TO BLOOMINGTON LINE PRIOR TO THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL RAIN PRIOR TO ENDING SATURDAY NIGHT. ILZ027>031-036>038-040-011100- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0003.071201T1500Z-071202T0300Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL 1251 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL FREEZING RAIN BY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION...INCREASING SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS... GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH AT TIMES...MAY CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO FALL INTO POWER LINES...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ041-042-047>051-011100- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0003.071201T1500Z-071202T0000Z/ MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD 1251 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL FREEZING RAIN BY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO RAIN BY SATURDAY EVENING. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ043>046-053-011100- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0003.071201T1800Z-071202T0300Z/ DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...DECATUR 1251 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL FREEZING RAIN LATER IN THE DAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO RAIN BY SATURDAY EVENING. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BARKER
000 WWUS43 KILX 011021 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 421 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...A WINTER STORM STILL ON TRACK TO BRING PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY OVER THE PLAINS STATES TODAY. THE COUNTERCLOCKWISE FLOW AROUND THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS MOVING ACROSS THE COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE OVER THE REGION. THIS WARM MOIST AIR OVERLYING THE SHALLOW LAYER OF COLDER AIR NEAR THE SURFACE WILL SET UP CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY NORTH OF A RUSHVILLE TO BLOOMINGTON LINE PRIOR TO THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL RAIN PRIOR TO ENDING SATURDAY NIGHT. ILZ027>031-036>038-040-011330- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0003.071201T1500Z-071202T0300Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL 421 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY LATE MORNING ACROSS THE AREA. ALTHOUGH LITTLE ACCUMULATION OF SLEET IS EXPECTED...ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF OF AN INCH BY THE TIME WARMER AIR CHANGES THE PRECIPITATION TO RAIN THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL PUT ADDITIONAL STRESS ON ICE-COVERED LIMBS AND WIRES. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ041-042-047>051-011330- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0003.071201T1500Z-071202T0000Z/ MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD 421 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY LATE MORNING ACROSS THE AREA. ALTHOUGH LITTLE ACCUMULATION OF SLEET IS EXPECTED...ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH BY THE TIME WARMER AIR CHANGES THE PRECIPITATION TO RAIN THIS EVENING. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ043>046-053-011330- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0003.071201T1800Z-071202T0300Z/ DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...DECATUR 421 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. ALTHOUGH LITTLE ACCUMULATION OF SLEET IS EXPECTED...ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH BY THE TIME WARMER AIR CHANGES THE PRECIPITATION TO RAIN THIS EVENING. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KILX 011346 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 746 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...A WINTER STORM STILL ON TRACK TO BRING PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY OVER THE PLAINS STATES TODAY. THE COUNTERCLOCKWISE FLOW AROUND THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS MOVING ACROSS THE COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE OVER THE REGION. THIS WARM MOIST AIR OVERLYING THE SHALLOW LAYER OF COLDER AIR NEAR THE SURFACE WILL SET UP CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY NORTH OF A RUSHVILLE TO BLOOMINGTON LINE PRIOR TO THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL RAIN PRIOR TO ENDING SATURDAY NIGHT. ILZ027>031-036>038-040-011800- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0003.071201T1500Z-071202T0300Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL 746 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS SLEET. AS WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER RAIN AS TEMPERATURES MOVE OVER FREEZING BY THIS EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE TRANSITION OCCURS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ041-042-047>051-011800- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0003.071201T1500Z-071202T0000Z/ MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD 746 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS SLEET. AS WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER RAIN AS TEMPERATURES MOVE OVER FREEZING BY LATE AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE TRANSITION OCCURS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ043>046-053-011800- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0003.071201T1800Z-071202T0300Z/ DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...DECATUR 746 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA BY MIDDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS SLEET. AS WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER RAIN AS TEMPERATURES MOVE OVER FREEZING BY THIS EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE TRANSITION OCCURS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KILX 011604 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1004 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM BRINGING FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO CENTRAL AND EASTERN ILLINOIS TODAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY OVER THE PLAINS STATES TODAY. THE COUNTERCLOCKWISE FLOW AROUND THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS MOVING ACROSS THE COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE OVER THE REGION. THIS WARM MOIST AIR OVERLYING THE SHALLOW LAYER OF COLDER AIR NEAR THE SURFACE WILL SET UP CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY NORTH OF A RUSHVILLE TO BLOOMINGTON LINE PRIOR TO THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL RAIN PRIOR TO ENDING SATURDAY NIGHT. ILZ027>031-036>038-040-012200- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071202T0300Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL 1004 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. AS WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER RAIN AS TEMPERATURES MOVE OVER FREEZING BY THIS EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE TRANSITION OCCURS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ052-054>057-061>063-012200- /O.EXB.KILX.ZR.Y.0003.071201T1604Z-071202T0000Z/ CHRISTIAN-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAYLORVILLE...CHARLESTON...MATTOON... SHELBYVILLE 1004 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. AS WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER RAIN AS TEMPERATURES MOVE OVER FREEZING BY LATE AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE TRANSITION OCCURS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ041-042-047>051-012200- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071202T0000Z/ MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD 1004 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. AS WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER RAIN AS TEMPERATURES MOVE OVER FREEZING BY LATE AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE TRANSITION OCCURS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ043>046-053-012200- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0003.071201T1800Z-071202T0300Z/ DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...DECATUR 1004 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. AS WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER RAIN AS TEMPERATURES MOVE OVER FREEZING BY THIS EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE TRANSITION OCCURS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ GOETSCH
000 WWUS43 KILX 011938 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 138 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM BRINGING FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO CENTRAL AND EASTERN ILLINOIS TODAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE WEST CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BEGIN TO NORTHEAST INTO THE MIDWEST TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AHEAD OF THIS STRONG SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER AREAS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING...PARTICULARLY NORTH OF A CANTON TO EL PASO LINE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN END BY LATE TONIGHT. ILZ038-040-012045- /O.CAN.KILX.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071202T0300Z/ MCLEAN-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL 138 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE ICE STORM WARNING. FREEZING RAIN THAT FELL OVER THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY HAS MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST. ONLY A FEW PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. $$ ILZ041-042-047>052-054>057-061>063-012045- /O.CAN.KILX.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071202T0000Z/ MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MOULTRIE- DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 138 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. FREEZING RAIN THAT FELL OVER THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY HAS MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST. ONLY A FEW PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. $$ ILZ043>046-053-012045- /O.CAN.KILX.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071202T0300Z/ DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...DECATUR 138 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. FREEZING RAIN THAT FELL OVER THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY HAS MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST. ONLY A FEW PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. $$ ILZ029-031-036-037-020000- /O.EXT.KILX.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071202T0000Z/ PEORIA-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PEORIA 138 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MID EVENING. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ027-028-030-020015- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071202T0300Z/ KNOX-STARK-MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 138 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MID EVENING. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ GOETSCH
000 WWUS43 KILX 020006 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 606 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM BRINGING FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO CENTRAL AND EASTERN ILLINOIS TODAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE WEST CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BEGIN TO NORTHEAST INTO THE MIDWEST TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AHEAD OF THIS STRONG SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER AREAS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING...PARTICULARLY NORTH OF A CANTON TO EL PASO LINE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN END BY LATE TONIGHT. ILZ029-031-036-037-020115- /O.EXP.KILX.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071202T0000Z/ PEORIA-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PEORIA 606 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ONGOING FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CONTINUE FOR THE FIRST PART OF THIS EVENING. WARM AIR PUSHING IN FROM THE SOUTH WILL CONTINUE TO WARM THE AREA SLIGHTLY...AND THE DRIZZLE AND LIGHT RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY STAY LIQUID. BUT THIS LIQUID ON TOP OF ALREADY ICED SURFACES WILL KEEP THE ROADS HAZARDOUS AND CAUTION SHOULD BE CONTINUED WHEN TRAVELING. $$ ILZ027-028-030-020300- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071202T0300Z/ KNOX-STARK-MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 606 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MID EVENING. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$
000 WWUS43 KILX 020254 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 854 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ILZ027-028-030-020400- /O.EXP.KILX.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071202T0300Z/ KNOX-STARK-MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 854 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE ICE STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. AN AREA OF WARM AIR...PUSHING IN FROM THE SOUTH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THE TEMPERATURES UP SLOWLY...AND THE DRIZZLE AND LIGHT RAIN WILL REMAIN LIQUID. BUT THIS LIQUID ON TOP OF ALREADY ICED SURFACES WILL KEEP THE ROADS HAZARDOUS AND CAUTION SHOULD BE CONTINUED WHEN TRAVELING. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this ice 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 ice storm warning went out at Nov 30, 11:35 AM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 11:35 AM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1135 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 1024 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO WORK ITS WAY ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING...AND IS NOW APPROACHING THE I-57 CORRIDOR. TEMPS AHEAD OF THE FRONT HAVE RISEN INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S ACROSS THE E/SE CWA...WHILE READINGS HAVE BEEN HOLDING STEADY OR SLOWLY FALLING ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY. DESPITE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES...STRONG CAA BEHIND THE FRONT WILL KEEP TEMPS FROM RISING TOO MUCH HIGHER TODAY. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...TO THE MIDDLE 40S SOUTH OF I-70. HAVE ADJUSTED HOURLY TEMP/WIND/SKY GRIDS...BUT CHANGES ARE MINOR ENOUGH THAT NO ZONE UPDATE IS NEEDED AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1135 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH TOWARD SUNSET AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVERHEAD. PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN MARKEDLY LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING IN ADVANCE OF APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. AS A RESULT...EASTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 09Z...THEN WILL INCREASE INTO THE 15 TO 25KT RANGE AFTER 15Z SAT. HIGH CLOUDINESS WILL PREVAIL INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BUT CEILINGS WILL BEGIN TO LOWER AFTER MIDNIGHT...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE WESTERN TERMINALS. WILL BRING CEILINGS DOWN TO AROUND 8000FT BEFORE DAWN SATURDAY...WITH EVEN LOWER CEILINGS AND PRECIP DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WESTERN SITES PRIOR TO 18Z. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUPPORT A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET DEVELOPING BY MID-MORNING...THEN SPREADING EASTWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON. WILL THEREFORE MENTION PREDOMINANT -FZRAPL AT ALL TAF SITES BY 16Z EXCEPT KCMI...WHERE PRECIP SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTERNOON. BARNES && .PREV DISCUSSION... ISSUED 355 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. COLD FRONT THAT WILL DELIVER COOLER AND MUCH DRIER CONTINENTAL ARCTIC AIRMASS TO THE REGION IS JUST NORTH OF I-80 THIS MORNING... MOVING TO THE ESE. OTHER THAN A FEW CLOUDS ACROSS NORTHERN REGIONS OF THE CWA... WE SHOULD NOT SEE MUCH OF AN IMPACT OTHER THAN TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS AS THIS BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH. THE COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS THAT IT LEAVES IN ITS WAKE WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A VERY CHILLY NIGHT ACROSS THE REGION... AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN FOR A BRIEF VISIT. HIGH CLOUDS WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST TOWARDS DAWN... AND THIS MAY HELP KEEP TEMPERATURES A LITTLE WARMER THAN THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. EVEN SO... SEVERAL HOURS OF LIGHT WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES SHOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE TEENS ACROSS MOST AREAS NORTH OF I-70. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME TYPICALLY COOLER LOW- LYING AREAS BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS. BUT IF THE HIGH CLOUD COVER COMES IN AS EXPECTED... THIS SHOULD BE VERY ISOLATED. THE MAIN STORY REMAINS THE WEEKEND WINTER STORM. MODELS CONTINUE TO VARY WITH THE TRACK OF THE SFC LOW... AND ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH SFC CYCLOGENESIS GIVEN TWO SEPARATE UPPER IMPULSES EJECTING INTO THE PLAINS. THIS CONTINUED TO WREAK HAVOC WITH THE 00Z NAM... WHICH CONTINUES TO ADVERTISE AN BROAD/ELONGATED WEAK SFC LOW MOVING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY JUST TO OUR NORTHWEST. THE GFS AND ECMWF REMAIN FARTHER NORTHWEST WITH A MUCH DEEPER SFC LOW. OVERALL... GOING WITH A BLEND OF THE GFS/GEM/ECMWF SYNOPTICALLY... BUT HEDGING WITH A SLIGHTLY FARTHER SOUTHWEST TRACK OF THE SFC LOW. BOTH THE 12Z AND 00Z GFS ENSEMBLES INDICATED THE OPERATIONAL RUN WAS ON THE NORTHWEST EDGE OF THE ENSEMBLE ENVELOPE. THE OP GFS ALSO APPEARS TO BE MUCH FASTER THAN THE ENSEMBLE MEAN... BUT THIS IS LIKELY DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN EVOLUTION OF SFC CYCLOGENESIS EARLIER ON. STILL THINK THE GFS IS WARMING UP THE SFC LAYER TOO QUICKLY. THE NAM IS FAR COOLER THAN THE GFS... PARTIALLY DUE TO BETTER VERTICAL RESOLUTION AND HANDLING OF EVAP COOLING SITUATIONS... BUT ALSO PARTLY DUE TO THE WEAKER SFC LOW... WHICH RESULTS IN A WEAKER/SLOWER PUSH OF SFC-BASED WARM ADVECTION. IN THIS CASE... TOOK SOMETHING OF A MIDDLE PATH... REALIZING THE NAM IS LIKELY TOO SLOW IN WARMING UP THE SFC LAYER... AND THE GFS TOO FAST. EXAMINATION OF FORECAST SOUNDINGS... COMBINED WITH A SLIGHT PREFERENCE FOR A SFC LOW TRACK CLOSER TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER... LEAVES ME A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT ICE ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL IN COUNTIES JUST TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE EARLIER ISSUED WATCH. AREAS JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER... AND ACROSS NORTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY... MAY BE FLIRTING WITH WARNING CRITERIA BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON... AND ARE LIKELY TO SEE ADVISORY CRITERIA ICE ACCUMULATIONS. ALSO... INITIAL PERIOD OF PRECIP MAY START OUT AS SNOW AND SLEET. SLEET IS RATHER DIFFICULT TO FORECAST IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATIONS... AS IT IS USUALLY A TRANSITIONAL PRECIP TYPE. ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT ONCE THE WARM AIR JUST ALOFT NOSES IN... IT WILL BE RATHER QUICK... WHICH SHOULD ALLOW THE WARM LAYER TEMPS TO REACH ABOVE 3C FAIRLY QUICKLY... EVEN AS EVAPORATIVE COOLING KEEPS THE SFC COOL. CONSIDERING THE TRANSITIONING PRECIP TYPES... WILL KEEP A WINTER STORM WATCH HEADLINE RATHER THAN MAKING IT SPECIFIC TO P-TYPE. NO SENSE IN ADDING CONFUSION ONCE THE PRODUCT IS OUT BY A SUDDEN NAME-CHANGE. HOWEVER... WE WILL BE EXTENDING SLIGHTLY FARTHER TO THE SOUTH AND EAST WITH THE NEXT ISSUANCE... TO COVER MCLEAN...SCHUYLER...AND MASON COUNTIES. /CORRECTED ABOVE...CASS AND MENARD ARE NOT IN THE WATCH AREA./ STILL... THE HIGHEST CONFIDENCE FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS IS ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWEST... MAINLY NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. GUSTY EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15-25 MPH... WITH HIGHER GUSTS LIKELY AS THE WARM AIR TAKES OVER... MAY HELP DOWN BRANCHES AND POWERLINES WHERE ICE BUILDUP IS GREATEST. WINDS WILL LIKELY BECOME MORE GUSTY AS THE LOW LEVELS WARM UP... EXTENDING THE HAZARD OF BREAKING ICE-LADEN BRANCHES EVEN AS THE PRECIP TYPE CHANGES OVER. EVENTUALLY... THE PRECIPITATION WILL ALLOW THE LOW LEVELS TO SATURATE... AND THEN LATENT HEAT EFFECTS OF THE FREEZING PROCESS WILL AID IN WARMING UP THE LAYER. STILL EXPECT MOST PLACES TO CHANGE OVER TO NON-FREEZING RAIN BY 00Z... EXCEPT PERHAPS THE FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES OF KNOX...STARK...AND MARSHALL. HOWEVER... EVEN THOSE LOCATIONS WOULD LIKELY NOT SEE ZR LAST MUCH LONGER THAN 03Z. WILL KEEP THE WATCH PERIOD AS IS. TIMING CAN BE ADJUSTED WHEN/IF WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE DEEMED NECESSARY. THERE IS LIKELY TO BE SIGNIFICANT BREAKS IN THE PRECIP AS THE FIRST UPPER IMPULSE MOVES OUT... WITH DRIER MID-LEVEL AIR MOVING IN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. THE DRIER AIR WILL REMAIN AHEAD OF THE SFC COLD FRONT... WITH FAIRLY MODEST UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SECOND SHORTWAVE. MADE CHANGES TO POPS TO TONE DOWN PRECIP CHANCES LATE SAT NIGHT AND THROUGH SUNDAY... AND WENT WITH SHOWERY PRECIPITATION AS WELL. ZFP/PFM/GRIDS SHOULD BE OUT BY 410 ASSUMING NO MAJOR QC ISSUES. LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO CHANGES WERE MADE BEYOND DAY 3 WITH THIS PACKAGE. HARDIMAN && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR ILZ027>031-036>038-040-041. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 30, 11:51 AM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1151 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ILZ027>031-036>038-040-011200- FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-MCLEAN-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-STARK-TAZEWELL- WOODFORD- 1151 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING...THEN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN BY SATURDAY NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE LIKELY...PRIMARILY ALONG AND NORTH OF A RUSHVILLE TO BLOOMINGTON LINE. IN ADDITION...GUSTY SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY...INCREASING THE POSSIBILITY OF POWER OUTAGES DUE TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES. PLEASE MONITOR LATER FORECAST PRODUCTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON THIS APPROACHING WINTER STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... A CONFERENCE CALL FOR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND MEDIA WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 2 PM REGARDING THE WINTER STORM. ILZ042>051-053-011200- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-DE WITT-LOGAN-MACON-MENARD-MORGAN-PIATT-SANGAMON- SCOTT-VERMILION- 1151 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING...THEN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. PLEASE MONITOR LATER FORECAST PRODUCTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON THIS APPROACHING WINTER STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ041-011200- MASON- 1151 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING...THEN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. PLEASE MONITOR LATER FORECAST PRODUCTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON THIS APPROACHING WINTER STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ052-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-011200- CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR- EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MOULTRIE-RICHLAND-SHELBY- 1151 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING...THEN WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. PLEASE MONITOR LATER FORECAST PRODUCTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON THIS APPROACHING WINTER STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. BARNES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2:49 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland and 14 more | 23 hr |
Nearby
Ice Storm Warnings in Illinois, 2007Every ice storm 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.