Alert archive / Illinois / Ice Storm Warnings in 2007
Ice Storm Warning 4, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this ice storm warning at Dec 8, 2007, 3:27 PM CST for 16 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Dec 8, 2007, 4:00 PM CST. It was in force for 23 hr. 38 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
- Dec 8, 2007, 3:27 PM CST (21:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 8, 2007, 4:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2007, 3:26 PM CST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 4:15 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 2 Sw Taylorville, IL | 6-HOUR TOTAL |
| Dec 8, 4:35 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 1 S De Land, IL | 3-HOUR TOTAL. SWOP REPORT. |
| Dec 8, 5:35 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | Rushville, IL | ESTIMATED 1/8 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. SWOP REPORT. |
| Dec 9, 4:45 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Rushville, IL | |
| Dec 9, 5:51 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Ogden, IL | |
| Dec 9, 5:58 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | 2 Sw Athens, IL | |
| Dec 9, 6:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Lincoln, IL | NWS ILX REPORT |
| Dec 9, 6:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | 2 Ne Cisco, IL | SWOP |
| Dec 9, 6:48 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Jacksonville, IL | TREES ARE COVERED WITH 0.4 TO 0.5 INCHES OF ICE. |
| Dec 9, 6:49 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 8 E Petersburg, IL | SWOP |
| Dec 9, 7:10 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 2 E Urbana, IL | SWOP |
| Dec 9, 7:20 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.7 | 2 S Philadelphia, IL | SWOP |
| Dec 9, 7:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Buffalo, IL | |
| Dec 9, 7:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Pekin, IL | SWOP |
| Dec 9, 7:42 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Mount Pulaski, IL | |
| Dec 9, 7:45 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Havana, IL | |
| Dec 9, 7:54 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Springfield, IL | CORRECTION TO PREVIOUS REPORT |
| Dec 9, 7:54 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Springfield, IL | |
| Dec 9, 7:54 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 25 | Springfield, IL | |
| Dec 9, 8:01 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Morton, IL | |
| Dec 9, 8:01 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.38 | Ogden, IL | |
| Dec 9, 8:05 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Sherman, IL | |
| Dec 9, 8:16 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Clinton, IL | |
| Dec 9, 8:22 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Lane, IL | SWOP |
| Dec 9, 8:41 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Morton, IL | |
| Dec 9, 8:46 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Taylorville, IL | |
| Dec 9, 9:23 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | 2 E Urbana, IL | SWOP |
| Dec 9, 9:53 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 2 S Chestnut, IL | SWOP |
| Dec 9, 9:59 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Springfield, IL | |
| Dec 9, 10:14 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.38 | Riverton, IL | SWOP |
| Dec 9, 10:34 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Ogden, IL | |
| Dec 9, 10:45 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Delavan, IL | SWOP |
| Dec 9, 10:57 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | 1 N Bloomington, IL | |
| Dec 9, 11:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | 2 Nw Mackinaw, IL | |
| Dec 9, 12:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | 1 Ne Bloomington, IL | |
| Dec 9, 12:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Jacksonville, IL | ALMOST HALF AN INCH OF ICE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. DAMAGE TO TREES. 8 INCH LIMBS DOWN. MANY POWER AND PHONE LINES DOWN. SIDEWALKS, ROADS, DRIVEWAYS TREACHEROUS. |
| Dec 9, 12:57 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Petersburg, IL | LARGE AMOUNTS OF TREES DOWN WITH DAMAGE TO PROPERTY |
| Dec 9, 2:41 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | 2 E Urbana, IL | POWER LINES AND TREES STILL COVERED IN ICE. |
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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 1372 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 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 082127 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 327 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WINTER STORM MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL COAT THE AREA WITH ICE... .LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET HAS BEGUN ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MOST OF SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATER TONIGHT FROM WINCHESTER THROUGH SPRINGFIELD...LINCOLN...DECATUR... AND TAYLORVILLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH IN THESE AREAS. OTHER AREAS IN THE ADVISORY WILL SEE LESSER AMOUNTS...BUT WILL STILL HAVE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO WARM UP ON SUNDAY...FREEZING RAIN SHOULD CHANGE TO RAIN ALONG AND SOUTH INTERSTATE 72. AREAS FURTHER NORTH WILL SEE LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. ILZ027-028-030-090200- /O.CAN.KILX.ZR.Y.0004.071209T0000Z-071210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WW.Y.0006.071208T2200Z-071210T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 327 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...AND BECOME ALL FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AT THE ONSET SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN SHOULD REACH ONE TENTH OF AN 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. $$ ILZ042>044-047>051-053-090200- /O.UPG.KILX.ZR.Y.0004.071209T0000Z-071209T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.IS.W.0004.071208T2200Z-071209T1800Z/ LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... DECATUR 327 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN WILL INCREASE LATER THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL REACH UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH BY DAWN. ROADS WILL QUICKLY BE VERY SLIPPERY THIS EVENING...WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON ON SUNDAY. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ052-090200- /O.UPG.KILX.ZR.Y.0004.071209T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.IS.W.0004.071208T2200Z-071209T1800Z/ CHRISTIAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TAYLORVILLE 327 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING. ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY THIS EVENING...WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY NOON SUNDAY. 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. $$ ILZ029-031-036>038-040-041-090200- /O.EXT.KILX.ZR.Y.0004.071208T2200Z-071210T0000Z/ PEORIA-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-SCHUYLER-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA 327 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...AND BECOME ALL FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AT THE ONSET SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL REACH ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ045-046-054>057-061-090200- /O.EXT.KILX.ZR.Y.0004.071208T2200Z-071209T1800Z/ CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 327 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING. ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY THIS EVENING...WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY NOON ON SUNDAY. 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. $$ CHURCHILL
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KILX 090133 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 733 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WINTER STORM MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL COAT THE AREA WITH ICE... .AREAL COVERAGE OF THE FREEZING RAIN HAS DECREASED CONSIDERABLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BEFORE ANOTHER SURGE OF FREEZING RAIN PUSHES BACK INTO THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING. ILZ042>044-047>053-090530- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071209T1800Z/ LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN- MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 733 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY BEFORE ANOTHER BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN MOVES BACK INTO THE AREA BY DAWN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL REACH UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH DURING THE MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY WITH THIS NEXT SURGE OF FREEZING RAIN. ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY SLIPPERY TONIGHT...WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY MORNING. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY NOON ON SUNDAY. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ029-031-036>038-040-041-090530- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071210T0000Z/ PEORIA-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-SCHUYLER-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA 733 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. EVEN THOUGH PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...ANY AMOUNT OF FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ANOTHER AREA OF STEADY FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA BY DAWN SUNDAY WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE ICY ROADWAYS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY WILL BE UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. 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. $$ ILZ045-046-054>057-061-090530- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071209T1800Z/ CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 733 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. EVEN THOUGH PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...ANY AMOUNT OF FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ANOTHER AREA OF STEADY FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA SHORTLY AFTER DAWN SUNDAY WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE ICY ROADWAYS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY WILL BE UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ027-028-030-090530- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071210T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 733 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SOME SLEET WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. A LARGER AREA OF FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP TO OUR SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT AND SPREAD BACK INTO THE AREA BY DAWN SUNDAY. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN SHOULD REACH ONE TENTH OF AN 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. $$ SMITH
000 WWUS43 KILX 090533 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1133 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WINTER STORM MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL COAT THE AREA WITH ICE... .FREEZING RAIN WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST OUT OF THE PLAINS AND INTO THE MIDWEST. LOOK FOR THE FREEZING RAIN TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ILZ042>044-047>053-091000- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071209T1800Z/ LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN- MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 1133 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL REACH UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH DURING THE MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY WITH THIS NEXT SURGE OF FREEZING RAIN. ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY SLIPPERY TONIGHT...WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ029-031-036>038-040-041-091000- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071210T0000Z/ PEORIA-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-SCHUYLER-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA 1133 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY BEFORE A LARGER AREA OF FREEZING RAIN MOVES BACK INTO THE AREA BY DAWN SUNDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS OF SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY WILL BE UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH WHICH WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. $$ ILZ045-046-054>057-061-091000- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071209T1800Z/ CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 1133 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ANOTHER AREA OF STEADY FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE BACK INTO EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHORTLY BEFORE DAWN SUNDAY WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE ICY ROADWAYS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY WILL BE UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ027-028-030-091000- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071210T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 1133 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A LARGER BAND OF FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES TO DEVELOP TO OUR SOUTHWEST AND WILL SPREAD BACK INTO THE AREA SHORTLY BEFORE DAWN SUNDAY. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH ONE TENTH OF AN 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. $$ SMITH
000 WWUS43 KILX 091001 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 401 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...EXPANDED ICE STORM WARNING SLIGHTLY FARTHER NORTH AND EAST TO INCLUDE RUSHVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...CHAMPAIGN...AND DANVILLE. ...THE NEXT STORM MAY DROP SIGNIFICANT ICE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY... .FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING AS ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST OUT OF THE PLAINS AND INTO THE MIDWEST. RADAR TRENDS INDICATE HIGHER ICE ACCUMULATIONS SLIGHTLY FARTHER NORTH AND EAST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY INCREASE ICE AMOUNTS. LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS THE FREEZING RAIN TO CONTINUES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE NEXT STORM HAS COME INTO THE PICTURE FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT ANOTHER BAND OF ONE QUARTER INCH ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THEREFORE A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR THAT POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS EVENT. ILZ027-028-030-091415- /O.CAN.KILX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KILX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071210T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 401 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. FREEZING DRIZZLE OR FREEZING RAIN WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS MORNING...THEN TAPER BACK TO FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. ICE WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON UNTREATED SURFACES...ESPECIALLY SIDEWALKS... DRIVEWAYS... AND PARKING LOTS. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TODAY. 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. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT CENTRAL ILLINOIS STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING ON TUESDAY. AT THIS POINT...IT APPEARS ANOTHER PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS NEXT POTENTIAL 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. $$ ILZ045-046-091415- /O.UPG.KILX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071209T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KILX.IS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071210T0000Z/ CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 401 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD EARLY THIS MORNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DROP SOME SLEET AS WELL. ICE AMOUNTS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO REACH ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHAMPAIGN TO DANVILLE. THEREFORE THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO AN ICE STORM WARNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM UP SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL HELP TO SLOW THE ICE ACCUMULATION. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ICE...CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS...DRIVEWAYS... AND PARKING LOTS. 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. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT CENTRAL ILLINOIS STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING ON TUESDAY. AT THIS POINT...IT APPEARS ANOTHER PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS NEXT POTENTIAL 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. $$ ILZ037-038-040-041-091415- /O.UPG.KILX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KILX.IS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071210T0000Z/ TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-SCHUYLER-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA 401 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD EARLY THIS MORNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DROP SOME SLEET AS WELL. ICE AMOUNTS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO REACH ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE...THEREFORE THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO AN ICE STORM WARNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ICE...CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS...DRIVEWAYS... AND PARKING LOTS. 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. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT CENTRAL ILLINOIS STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING ON TUESDAY. AT THIS POINT...IT APPEARS ANOTHER PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS NEXT POTENTIAL 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. $$ ILZ042>044-047>053-091415- /O.NEW.KILX.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KILX.IS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071210T0000Z/ LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN- MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 401 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DROP SOME SLEET AS WELL. ICE AMOUNTS WILL QUICKLY REACH ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE DURING THE MORNING...ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN DURING THUNDERSTORMS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ICE...CREATING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS...DRIVEWAYS... AND PARKING LOTS. 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. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT CENTRAL ILLINOIS STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING ON TUESDAY. AT THIS POINT...IT APPEARS ANOTHER PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS NEXT POTENTIAL 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. $$ ILZ029-031-036-091415- /O.NEW.KILX.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071210T0000Z/ PEORIA-WOODFORD-FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PEORIA 401 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THIS MORNING...STEADY FREEZING RAIN WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF FULTON...PEORIA...AND WOODFORD COUNTIES...WHERE ICE ACCUMULATION WILL REACH UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. THE NORTHERN PORTIONS SHOULD SEE ICE ACCUMULATIONS CLOSER TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF TO LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ICE THIS MORNING...CREATING VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS...DRIVEWAYS... AND PARKING LOTS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT CENTRAL ILLINOIS STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING ON TUESDAY. AT THIS POINT...IT APPEARS ANOTHER PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS NEXT POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ ILZ054>057-061-091415- /O.NEW.KILX.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071209T1800Z/ MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 401 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TODAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE ICE TO ACCUMULATE QUICKLY...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD CHANGE TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON...AS WARM AIR SURGES NORTH. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ICE THIS MORNING...CREATING VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS...DRIVEWAYS... AND PARKING LOTS. 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. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT CENTRAL ILLINOIS STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING ON TUESDAY. AT THIS POINT...IT APPEARS ANOTHER PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS NEXT POTENTIAL 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. $$ SHIMON
000 WWUS43 KILX 091358 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 758 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...ICE STORM CONTINUES TO POUND CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ...THE NEXT STORM MAY DROP SIGNIFICANT ICE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY... .FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CAUSED ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO CLIMB OVER ONE HALF INCH IN SOME LOCATIONS. POWER OUTAGES MAY SOON OCCUR...IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY. LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS THE FREEZING RAIN TO CONTINUES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE NEXT STORM HAS COME INTO THE PICTURE FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT ANOTHER BAND OF ONE QUARTER INCH ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THEREFORE A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR THAT POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS EVENT. ILZ037-038-040>053-091830- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071210T0000Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 758 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. ICE AMOUNTS OVER ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE BRANCHES FALLING INTO POWER LINES. BE VERY CAREFUL IF YOU ENCOUNTER A DOWNED POWER LINE. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL ACCUMULATE THE MOST ICE...CREATING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS... DRIVEWAYS... AND PARKING LOTS. 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. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT CENTRAL ILLINOIS STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING ON TUESDAY. AT THIS POINT... IT APPEARS ANOTHER PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS NEXT POTENTIAL 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. $$ ILZ029-031-036-091830- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071210T0000Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ PEORIA-WOODFORD-FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PEORIA 758 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY THROUGH 10 AM...BASED ON RADAR TRENDS. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL REACH NEAR ONE QUARTER INCH...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE ILLINOIS RIVER. AREAS FARTHER NORTH FROM THE RIVER SHOULD SEE ICE ACCUMULATIONS CLOSER TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF TO LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 PM. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL ACCUMULATE THE MOST ICE... CREATING VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS... DRIVEWAYS... AND PARKING LOTS. SOME TREES MAY HAVE BRANCHES FALL INTO POWER LINES. A FEW POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. 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. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT CENTRAL ILLINOIS STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING ON TUESDAY. AT THIS POINT... IT APPEARS ANOTHER PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS NEXT POTENTIAL 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. $$ ILZ054>057-061-091830- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071209T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 758 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. ICE AMOUNTS UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED BY MIDDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD CHANGE TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON...AS WARM AIR SURGES NORTH. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL ACCUMULATE THE MOST ICE THIS MORNING... CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS... DRIVEWAYS... AND PARKING LOTS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT CENTRAL ILLINOIS STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING ON TUESDAY. AT THIS POINT... IT APPEARS ANOTHER PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS NEXT POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ ILZ027-028-030-091830- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071210T0000Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 758 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. FREEZING DRIZZLE OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...THEN TAPER BACK TO FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH AROUND ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. AREAS NEAR LACON WILL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE FOR TWO TENTHS ICE...WHILE THE GALESBURG AREA WILL MOST LIKELY REMAIN NEAR ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BE AFFECTED MOST...ESPECIALLY SIDEWALKS... DRIVEWAYS... AND PARKING LOTS. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TODAY. 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. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT CENTRAL ILLINOIS STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING ON TUESDAY. AT THIS POINT... IT APPEARS ANOTHER PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS NEXT POTENTIAL 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. $$ SHIMON
000 WWUS43 KILX 091801 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1201 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...ICE STORM CONTINUES TO POUND CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ...THE NEXT STORM MAY DROP SIGNIFICANT ICE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY... .FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CAUSED ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO CLIMB OVER ONE HALF INCH IN SOME LOCATIONS. POWER OUTAGES ARE SPREADING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS THE FREEZING RAIN TO CONTINUES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE NEXT STORM HAS COME INTO THE PICTURE FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT ANOTHER BAND OF ONE QUARTER INCH ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THEREFORE A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR THAT POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS EVENT. ILZ054>057-061-092200- /O.EXP.KILX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071209T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 1201 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE FREEZING NOW AND PRECIPITATION HAS BECOME MOSTLY RAIN. KEEP IN MIND THAT SOME SURFACES MAY STILL HAVE ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING TODAY. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT CENTRAL ILLINOIS STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING ON TUESDAY. AT THIS POINT... IT APPEARS ANOTHER PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS NEXT POTENTIAL 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. $$ ILZ037-038-040>053-092200- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071210T0000Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 1201 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TODAY. ICE AMOUNTS OVER ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE BRANCHES FALLING INTO POWER LINES. BE VERY CAREFUL IF YOU ENCOUNTER A DOWNED POWER LINE. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL ACCUMULATE THE MOST ICE...CREATING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS... DRIVEWAYS... AND PARKING LOTS. 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. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT CENTRAL ILLINOIS STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING ON TUESDAY. AT THIS POINT... IT APPEARS ANOTHER PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS NEXT POTENTIAL 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. $$ ILZ029-031-036-092200- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071210T0000Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ PEORIA-WOODFORD-FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PEORIA 1201 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TODAY. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL REACH NEAR ONE QUARTER INCH...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE ILLINOIS RIVER. AREAS FARTHER NORTH FROM THE RIVER SHOULD SEE ICE ACCUMULATIONS CLOSER TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF TO LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 PM. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL ACCUMULATE THE MOST ICE... CREATING VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS... DRIVEWAYS... AND PARKING LOTS. SOME TREES MAY HAVE BRANCHES FALL INTO POWER LINES. A FEW POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT CENTRAL ILLINOIS STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING ON TUESDAY. AT THIS POINT... IT APPEARS ANOTHER PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS NEXT POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ ILZ027-028-030-092200- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071210T0000Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 1201 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. FREEZING DRIZZLE OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TODAY... THEN TAPER BACK TO FREEZING DRIZZLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH AROUND ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. AREAS NEAR LACON WILL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE FOR TWO TENTHS ICE... WHILE THE GALESBURG AREA WILL MOST LIKELY REMAIN NEAR ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BE AFFECTED MOST...ESPECIALLY SIDEWALKS... DRIVEWAYS... AND PARKING LOTS. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TODAY. 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. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT CENTRAL ILLINOIS STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING ON TUESDAY. AT THIS POINT... IT APPEARS ANOTHER PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS NEXT POTENTIAL 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 092126 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 326 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF ICY WEATHER ON TAP LATER THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ILLINOIS. ANOTHER WINTER STORM POISED TO FOLLOW MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY... .ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT ICING HAS EASED UP ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON...ANOTHER BAND OF PRECIPITATION WILL APPROACH FROM EASTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES IN MANY AREAS FROM TAYLORVILLE TOWARD PARIS HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING...BUT WILL ONCE AGAIN DIP BELOW 32 DEGREES THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE ICING TO ONCE AGAIN INCREASE. AREAS FURTHER NORTH SHOULD NOT SEE SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL GLAZING...BUT MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION AS OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE LIKELY. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT AND EXTENDING INTO AT LEAST TUESDAY MORNING. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT ANOTHER BAND OF ONE QUARTER INCH ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THEREFORE A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR THAT POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS EVENT. ILZ052-100300- /O.CAN.KILX.IS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.ZR.Y.0005.071210T0300Z-071210T1200Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ CHRISTIAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TAYLORVILLE 326 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT ICING HAS DECREASED THIS AFTERNOON... ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN FALL BELOW 32 DEGREES...NEW ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH ONE TENTH IN OR SO THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL ACCUMULATE THE MOST ICE...CREATING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS...DRIVEWAYS...AND PARKING LOTS. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT CENTRAL ILLINOIS STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING ON TUESDAY. AT THIS POINT... IT APPEARS ANOTHER PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS NEXT POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. 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. 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. $$ ILZ037-038-040>051-053-100300- /O.CAN.KILX.IS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071210T0000Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...DECATUR 326 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE ICE STORM WARNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT...NO FURTHER SIGNIFICANT ICING IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT CENTRAL ILLINOIS STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING ON TUESDAY. AT THIS POINT... IT APPEARS ANOTHER PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS NEXT POTENTIAL 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. $$ ILZ027>031-036-100300- /O.CAN.KILX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071210T0000Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 326 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT...NO FURTHER SIGNIFICANT ICING IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT CENTRAL ILLINOIS STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING ON TUESDAY. AT THIS POINT... IT APPEARS ANOTHER PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS NEXT POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ ILZ054>057-061-100300- /O.NEW.KILX.ZR.Y.0005.071210T0300Z-071210T1200Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 326 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT ICING HAS DECREASED THIS AFTERNOON... ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN FALL BELOW 32 DEGREES...NEW ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH ONE TENTH IN OR SO THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL ACCUMULATE THE MOST ICE...CREATING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS...DRIVEWAYS...AND PARKING LOTS. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT CENTRAL ILLINOIS STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING ON TUESDAY. AT THIS POINT... IT APPEARS ANOTHER PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS NEXT POTENTIAL 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. 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. $$ ILZ062-063-066>068-100300- /O.NEW.KILX.ZR.Y.0005.071210T0300Z-071210T1200Z/ CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EFFINGHAM 326 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT ICING HAS DECREASED THIS AFTERNOON... ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW 32 DEGREES...NEW ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH ONE TENTH IN OR SO THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL ACCUMULATE THE MOST ICE...CREATING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS...DRIVEWAYS...AND PARKING LOTS.. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CHURCHILL
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 Dec 8, 3:15 PM CST, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 3:15 PM CST, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 315 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 315 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... FREEZING RAIN EVENT IS UNDERWAY ACROSS THE AREA. FREEZING LINE CURRENTLY FROM ST. LOUIS TO MATTOON TO DANVILLE...AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN ABOUT THE SAME SPOT THROUGH TONIGHT. TIGHT BAROCLINIC ZONE WILL PROVIDE ENHANCEMENT TO PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY LATER TONIGHT THROUGH DAWN. CURRENT PROFILER DATA SHOWS 30-35KT SOUTHERLY FLOW INTO THE STATIONARY FRONT...AND THIS WILL LIKELY INCREASE TONIGHT. THEREFORE...QPF AMOUNTS ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE FRONT WILL PROBABLY REACH LOW-END WARNING CRITERIA. WILL UPGRADE ADVISORY TO AN ICE STORM WARNING FROM WINCHESTER THROUGH SPRINGFIELD TOWARD LINCOLN...DECATUR...AND MONTICELLO. TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE TEENS ACROSS THE FAR NORTH...AND THERE WILL LIKELY BE MORE SLEET MIXED WITH THE FREEZING RAIN UP THERE...SO WILL HAVE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UP THERE. SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THE SOUTHEAST WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT WITH CURRENT DEWPOINTS IN THE MIDDLE 30S. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CONTINUE ON SUNDAY...BUT SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY RISE THROUGH THE MORNING...WITH FREEZING PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL RAIN EXCEPT IN THE NORTH. SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY SHOULD SEE A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES SOUTH AND PUSHES THE STATIONARY FRONT SOUTHWARD. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SOUTHEAST...THE PRECIPITATION TYPE STILL APPEARS TO BE FREEZING RAIN WITH LIGHT QPF AMOUNTS. ANOTHER PIECE OF ENERGY WILL THEN MOVE ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND INCREASE WINTERY PRECIPITATION CHANCES AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY TUESDAY. THE GFS MODEL IS PREFERRED HERE...AS THE NAM LOOKS LIKE IT WANTS TO PUSH THE WARM AIR TOO FAR NORTH. THIS SUGGESTS THAT ANOTHER UPSWING IN GLAZING WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND A WINTER STORM WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED LATER. LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... AS THE FRONT MAKES A RETURN ON TUESDAY...IT SHOULD TURN STATIONARY ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE UPPER FLOW CONTINUES TO PARALLEL THE FRONT. A SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF ENERGY IS FORECAST TO COME OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AND INDUCE CYCLOGENESIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALONG THE FRONT. THE MODELS ARE STILL TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON THE EVOLUTION OF THIS WAVE...SO WILL KEEP POPS IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY BE THE NEXT POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW DEPENDING ON WHICH MODEL YOU BELIEVE. 04 && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1154 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 LITTLE IN THE WAY OF CHANGE TO THE FORECAST AS ALL SIGNS POINT TO FZRA AND FZDZ WITH SOME IP MIXED IN THROUGH THE PERIOD FOR ALL TAF SITES. DEC IS ON THE EDGE OF THE FZ LINE AND MAY SEE SOME FLUCTUATION IN PRECIP TYPE. AS FOR CIGS...SHOULD START TO LOWER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO LOWER INTO LIFR QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. LOW CIGS AND FZ PRECIP CONTINUING THROUGH 24 HOURS AS ACTIVITY SHOULD BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD. THOUGH THERE MAY BE POCKETS WITHOUT PRECIP...IT WILL MORE AND MORE BECOME THE PREDOMINANT CONDITION. HJS && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ICE STORM WARNING 4PM TODAY THROUGH NOON SUNDAY ZONES 42..43..44..47..48..49..50..51..52..53. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 4PM TODAY THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY ZONES 27..28..30. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY 4 PM TODAY THROUGH NOON SUNDAY ZONES 45..46..54..55..56..57..61. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY 4 PM TODAY THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY ZONES 29..31..36..37..38..40..41. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 11:22 AM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1122 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ILZ027>031-036>038-040-041-091200- FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-STARK-TAZEWELL- WOODFORD- 1122 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET TODAY...BUT THE BETTER CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION WILL COME TONIGHT. AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM RUSHVILLE TO BLOOMINGTON WILL SEE THE STEADY PRECIPITATION START OUT AS SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING...AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION TONIGHT MAY REACH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH...BUT ADDITIONAL ICING IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. TRAVEL WILL QUICKLY BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT...AS SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CREATE VERY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY ON SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST...FREEZING RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CLIMB TO NEAR ONE QUARTER INCH BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. ADDITIONAL ICE OR SLEET ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AS THE NEXT WEATHER DISTURBANCE AFFECTS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS AGAIN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THAT DEVELOPING WINTER SITUATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ042>051-053-091200- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-DE WITT-LOGAN-MACON-MENARD-MORGAN-PIATT-SANGAMON- SCOTT-VERMILION- 1122 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET TODAY...BUT A BETTER CHANCE FOR FREEZING RAIN WILL COME TONIGHT. AREAS FROM JACKSONVILLE AND SPRINGFIELD...TO CHAMPAIGN AND DANVILLE WILL SEE PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN DEPOSIT UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ON MANY OBJECTS...INCLUDING TRAVEL SURFACES. TRAVEL WILL QUICKLY BECOME HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ICING IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN THE MORNING ON SUNDAY. BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON...THE WARM AIR ALOFT WILL CHANGE THE FREEZING RAIN TO ALL RAIN. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY CLIMB TO NEAR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH...BEFORE THE WARMER RAIN BEGINS TO MELT THE ICE LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ICE OR SLEET ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AS THE NEXT WEATHER DISTURBANCE AFFECTS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS AGAIN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THAT DEVELOPING WINTER SITUATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ052-054>057-061-091200- CHRISTIAN-COLES-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-MOULTRIE-SHELBY- 1122 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET TODAY...BUT A BETTER CHANCE FOR FREEZING RAIN WILL COME TONIGHT. AREAS FROM TAYLORVILLE AND SHELBYVILLE...TO PARIS...WILL SEE PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN DEPOSIT UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ON MANY OBJECTS TONIGHT...INCLUDING TRAVEL SURFACES. TRAVEL WILL QUICKLY BECOME HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING...WHICH WILL HELP TO MELT THE ICE. ADDITIONAL ICE OR SLEET ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AS THE NEXT WEATHER DISTURBANCE AFFECTS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS AGAIN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THAT DEVELOPING WINTER SITUATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-091200- CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 1122 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-70...FREEZING RAIN MAY DEVELOP. SOME LIGHT ICING MAY OCCUR. BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT IF TRAVELING NORTH OF I-70. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS TAKING AIM ON CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN MAY DEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT...BUT PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME ALL RAIN ON TUESDAY FOR AREAS SOUTH OF I-70. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THAT DEVELOPING WINTER SITUATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HJS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 8, 10:06 AM CST, 5 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1006 AM CST SAT DEC 08 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0954 AM FREEZING RAIN SPRINGFIELD 39.78N 89.64W
12/08/2007 U0.00 INCH SANGAMON IL CO-OP OBSERVER
MIXTURE OF SLEET/FREEZING DRIZZLE. LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF
ICE ON VEHICLES.
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JPARRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 3:27 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 21 more | 36 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:27 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | Knox, Marshall, Stark | 13 hr |
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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.