Alert archive / Illinois / Ice Storm Warnings in 2007
Ice Storm Warning 5, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this ice storm warning at Dec 10, 2007, 3:39 AM CST for 6 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Dec 10, 2007, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr. 5 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 10, 2007, 3:39 AM CST (09:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2007, 9:09 AM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Stark County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 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 11, 7:10 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | Galesburg, IL | 1/8 INCH OF ICE REPORTED IN GALESBURG. ICE IS BEGINNING TO MELT. |
| Dec 11, 7:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Knoxville, IL | LIGHT ICE GLAZE |
| Dec 11, 7:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.15 | Princeville, IL | |
| Dec 11, 7:40 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Lacon, IL | ICE GLAZE NOW MELTING |
| Dec 11, 7:50 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Rushville, IL | 1/4 TO 3/8 INCH NEW ICE REPORTED BY RUSHVILLE SWOP. SOME SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN. CURRENT TEMPERATURE 31 DEGREES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 433 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 275 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 100939 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 339 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ANOTHER ICE STORM HEADED FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .AFTER A SHORT BREAK IN THE ACTION...ANOTHER ICE STORM IS EXPECTED FOR AREAS WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE IS LIKELY...WITH A HALF INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE TOWARDS GALESBURG. ADVISORY LEVELS OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL EXTEND AS FAR EAST AS SPRINGFIELD...LINCOLN AND BLOOMINGTON...WHERE ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE EXPECTED. ILZ052-054>057-061-101045- /O.CAN.KILX.ZR.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071210T1200Z/ /O.CAN.KILX.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ CHRISTIAN-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAYLORVILLE...CHARLESTON...MATTOON... SHELBYVILLE 339 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MOST AREAS IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ARE AT OR ABOVE FREEZING. PATCHY AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING... MAINLY IN THE COLDER AIR BETWEEN TAYLORVILLE AND CHARLESTON...BUT ONLY VERY LIGHT ICING IS EXPECTED...AND NOT ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. THEREFORE...THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$ ILZ062-063-066>068-101045- /O.CAN.KILX.ZR.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071210T1200Z/ CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EFFINGHAM 339 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE REMAINED ABOVE FREEZING ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-70. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...BUT NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$ ILZ043>046-053-101045- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...DECATUR 339 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. THE NEXT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO HAVE MORE WARM AIR IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THAN PREVIOUSLY INDICATED. AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM DECATUR...TO CLINTON...TO FARMER CITY MAY SEE BRIEF PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...BUT ICING SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN ADVISORY LEVELS OF ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ ILZ027>030-036-040-101345- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.IS.W.0005.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 339 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE IS EXPECTED WITH THIS NEXT WINTER STORM...ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY DEPOSIT ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ICE...ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...AS ICE COATED TREE BRANCHES MAY FALL INTO POWER LINES. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ031-037-038-041-042-047>051-101345- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.ZR.Y.0006.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 339 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED WITH THE NEXT WINTER STORM...EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER TO SPRINGFIELD...LINCOLN...AND BLOOMINGTON. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY NOON TUESDAY...AS WARM AIR SURGES NORTH DURING THE STORM. ICE WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON UNTREATED SURFACES...ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS 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. $$ SHIMON
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KILX 101310 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 710 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ANOTHER ICE STORM HEADED FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .AFTER A SHORT BREAK IN THE ACTION...ANOTHER ICE STORM IS EXPECTED FOR AREAS WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE IS LIKELY...WITH A HALF INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE TOWARDS GALESBURG. ADVISORY LEVELS OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL EXTEND AS FAR EAST AS SPRINGFIELD...LINCOLN AND BLOOMINGTON... WHERE ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE EXPECTED. ILZ027>030-036-040-101800- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0005.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 710 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE IS EXPECTED WITH THIS NEXT WINTER STORM...ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY DEPOSIT ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ICE...ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...AS ICE COATED TREE BRANCHES MAY FALL INTO POWER LINES. 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. $$ ILZ031-037-038-041-042-047>051-101800- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0006.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 710 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED WITH THE NEXT WINTER STORM...FOR AREAS EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER TO SPRINGFIELD...LINCOLN...AND BLOOMINGTON. HIGHER ICE TOTALS WILL BE NEAR THE ILLINOIS RIVER. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY NOON TUESDAY...AS WARM AIR SURGES NORTH DURING THE STORM. ICE WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON UNTREATED SURFACES...ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS 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. $$ SHIMON
000 WWUS43 KILX 101907 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 107 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ANOTHER ICE STORM HEADED FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .AFTER A SHORT BREAK IN THE ACTION...ANOTHER ICE STORM IS EXPECTED FOR AREAS WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE IS LIKELY...WITH A HALF INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE TOWARDS GALESBURG. ADVISORY LEVELS OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL EXTEND AS FAR EAST AS SPRINGFIELD...LINCOLN AND BLOOMINGTON... WHERE ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE EXPECTED. ILZ027>030-036-040-102215- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0005.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 107 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE IS EXPECTED WITH THIS NEXT WINTER STORM...ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY DEPOSIT ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ICE...ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...AS ICE COATED TREE BRANCHES MAY FALL INTO POWER LINES. 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. $$ ILZ031-037-038-041-042-047>051-102215- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0006.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 107 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED WITH THE NEXT WINTER STORM...FOR AREAS EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER TO SPRINGFIELD...LINCOLN...AND BLOOMINGTON. HIGHER ICE TOTALS WILL BE NEAR THE ILLINOIS RIVER. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY NOON TUESDAY...AS WARM AIR SURGES NORTH DURING THE STORM. ICE WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON UNTREATED SURFACES... ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS 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. $$
000 WWUS43 KILX 102141 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 341 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...MORE ICE HEADED FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .ANOTHER PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREAS WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER TONIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE IS LIKELY...WITH A HALF INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE TOWARDS THE GALESBURG AREA. ADVISORY LEVELS OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL EXTEND AS FAR EAST AS SPRINGFIELD...LINCOLN AND BLOOMINGTON... WHERE ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE EXPECTED. ILZ027>030-036-040-110300- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0005.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 341 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE IS EXPECTED WITH THIS NEXT WINTER STORM...ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP BY THE MID EVENING HOURS TODAY. OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY...UNTIL MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY DEPOSIT ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE OVER THE AREA. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ICE...ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...AS ICE COATED TREE BRANCHES MAY FALL INTO POWER LINES. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ031-037-038-041-042-047>051-110300- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0006.071211T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 341 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED WITH THE NEXT WINTER STORM...FOR AREAS EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER TO SPRINGFIELD...LINCOLN...AND BLOOMINGTON. HIGHER ICE TOTALS WILL BE NEAR THE ILLINOIS RIVER. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP BY THE MID EVENING HOURS TODAY. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY NOON TUESDAY...AS WARM AIR SURGES NORTH DURING THE STORM. ICE WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON UNTREATED SURFACES... ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS 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. $$ GOETSCH
000 WWUS43 KILX 110225 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 825 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT ICING POSSIBLE AGAIN OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .ANOTHER PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREAS WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER LATE TONIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE IS LIKELY...WITH A HALF INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE TOWARDS THE GALESBURG AREA. ADVISORY LEVELS OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL EXTEND AS FAR EAST AS SPRINGFIELD...LINCOLN AND BLOOMINGTON... WHERE ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE EXPECTED. ILZ027>030-036-040-110530- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 825 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE IS EXPECTED WITH THIS NEXT WINTER STORM...ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE EVENING. A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH NORTHEAST FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS AFTER MIDNIGHT. OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY...UNTIL MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY DEPOSIT ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE OVER THE AREA. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ICE...ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...AS ICE COATED TREE BRANCHES MAY FALL INTO POWER LINES. 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. $$ ILZ031-037-038-041-042-047>051-110530- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 825 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE THIS EVENING. A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN...ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH IN FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY NOON TUESDAY...AS WARM AIR SURGES NORTH AHEAD OF THE STORM. ICE WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON UNTREATED SURFACES... ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS 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. $$ SMITH
000 WWUS43 KILX 110436 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1036 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT ICING POSSIBLE AGAIN OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE AREA BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE IS LIKELY...WITH A HALF INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE TOWARDS THE GALESBURG AREA. ADVISORY LEVELS OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL EXTEND AS FAR EAST AS SPRINGFIELD...LINCOLN AND BLOOMINGTON...WHERE ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE EXPECTED. ILZ027>030-036-040-110830- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 1036 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE IS EXPECTED WITH THIS NEXT WINTER STORM...ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF TUESDAY. OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY...UNTIL MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY DEPOSIT ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE OVER THE AREA. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ICE...ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...AS ICE COATED TREE BRANCHES MAY FALL INTO POWER LINES. 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. $$ ILZ031-037-038-041-042-047>051-110830- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 1036 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN...ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...WILL OVERSPREAD ALL OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF TUESDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY NOON TUESDAY...AS WARM AIR SURGES NORTH AHEAD OF THE STORM. ICE WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON UNTREATED SURFACES... ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS 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. $$ SMITH
000 WWUS43 KILX 110818 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 218 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...DANGEROUS ICING OCCURRING IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TODAY. ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE IS LIKELY FROM THE FREEZING RAIN. ADVISORY LEVELS OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL EXTEND AS FAR EAST AS SPRINGFIELD...LINCOLN AND BLOOMINGTON...WHERE ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED. ILZ027>030-036-040-111500- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 218 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE IS EXPECTED WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE WARMING SLIGHTLY...BUT A FEW PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN MAY CONTINUE TODAY. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE BACK SOUTH THIS EVENING...AND ADDITIONAL ICING IS EXPECTED THEN. THIS EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY DEPOSIT ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE OVER THE AREA. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL ACCUMULATE ICE...ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...AS ICE COATED TREE BRANCHES MAY FALL INTO POWER LINES. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ041-042-047>051-111500- /O.EXT.KILX.ZR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071211T1500Z/ MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD 218 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY 9 AM...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF LINCOLN TO HAVANA...INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND JACKSONVILLE...AS WARM AIR SURGES NORTH. ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS STILL EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON TREES AND POWER LINES. BE ALERT FOR SLIPPERY UNTREATED SURFACES... ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES... AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS 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. $$ ILZ031-037-038-111500- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL 218 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY NOON TODAY...AS WARM AIR SURGES NORTH. ICE WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE ON UNTREATED SURFACES... ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES... AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS. EXPECT ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE TO ACCUMULATE ON ALREADY ICY OBJECTS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SHIMON
000 WWUS43 KILX 110949 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 349 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICING SLOWING DOWN DUE TO WARMING AIR ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS BUT MORE ICING IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AS COLD AIR RETURNS... .FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...AND REDEVELOP THIS EVENING...WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE IS LIKELY FROM THE FREEZING RAIN...MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. WARMER AIR FROM THE SOUTH HAS SHUT DOWN THE FREEZING RAIN IN THE ADVISORY AREAS. ILZ031-037-038-111100- /O.CAN.KILX.ZR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071211T1800Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL 349 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. AIR TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED UP TO FREEZING OR ABOVE ALREADY THIS MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE THE REST OF THE DAY. SOME LIGHT ICING MAY CONTINUE ON ELEVATED SURFACES THROUGH 6 AM...BUT AFTER THAT...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TOO WARM FOR ANY ADDITIONAL ICING. THEREFORE...THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR TODAY. $$ ILZ041-042-047>051-111100- /O.CAN.KILX.ZR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071211T1500Z/ MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD 349 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. AIR TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING ALREADY THIS MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE THE REST OF THE DAY. SOME LIGHT ICING MAY CONTINUE ON ELEVATED SURFACES THROUGH 6 AM...BUT AFTER THAT...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TOO WARM FOR ANY ADDITIONAL ICING. THEREFORE...THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR TODAY. $$ ILZ027>030-036-040-111700- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 349 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND AGAIN THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING BY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT ICING SHOULD CONTINUE ON ELEVATED SURFACES THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ON TREES AND POWER LINES. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE BACK SOUTH THIS EVENING...AND ADDITIONAL ICING IS EXPECTED THEN. THIS EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY DEPOSIT OVER ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE...AS ICE COATED TREE BRANCHES POSSIBLY FALL INTO POWER LINES. WINDS HAVE REMAINED LIGHT SO FAR...WHICH HAS HELPED KEEP POWER OUTAGES MINIMIZED. HOWEVER...DURING THE DAY...A FEW WIND GUSTS OVER 10 MPH MAY BE ENOUGH TO BREAK THE HEAVILY WEIGHTED ICY BRANCHES. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS MAY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ SHIMON
000 WWUS43 KILX 111509 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 909 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED... .TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE REGION EFFECTIVELY ENDING THE FREEZING RAIN THREAT. ILZ027>030-036-040-111615- /O.CAN.KILX.IS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 909 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELED THE ICE STORM WARNING. WARMER AIR HAS PUSHED INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH... ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE AREA. WHILE COOLER AIR MAY FILTER BACK INTO THE REGION LATER TONIGHT...IT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AFTER SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION HAS EXITED THE AREA. $$ HARDIMAN
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 10, 2:59 AM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 2:59 AM CST, 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 259 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 259 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 UNSETTLED WEATHER TO CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...WITH SEVERAL WAVES OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. MAIN CHALLENGE WILL BE SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND CORRESPONDING PRECIP TYPE. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY...WHILE HIGH PRESSURE NUDGES INTO THE MIDWEST FROM THE NORTHWEST. MOST OF THE PRECIP FROM EARLIER TODAY HAS DIMINISHED AND SHIFTED INTO THE SOUTHERN KILX CWA. ALOFT...PERSISTENT SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW STILL IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN CONUS...WHILE DEEP UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO SPIN OFF THE BAJA COAST. SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A SERIES OF WEAK DISTURBANCES CONTINUE TO RIPPLE ALONG IN THE BROAD SOUTHWESTERLY UPPER FLOW PATTERN...BRINGING PERIODIC ROUNDS OF PRECIP ALONG AND NORTH OF THE OHIO VALLEY STATIONARY FRONT. ONE SUCH DISTURBANCE IS CURRENTLY SETTING OFF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THIS FEATURE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEASTWARD AND TODAY...AND WILL KEEP PRECIP CHANCES ALIVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN KILX CWA. AS HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES BY TO THE NORTH...THERE WILL LIKELY BE A SHARP CUT-OFF TO THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE PRECIP. BASED ON 00Z MODEL DATA AND THE LATEST RADAR LOOPS...IT APPEARS BULK OF LIGHT PRECIP WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF I-72. WILL CARRY ONLY SLIGHT CHANCES AS FAR NORTH AS A LINCOLN TO CHAMPAIGN LINE...INCREASING TO LIKELY POPS SOUTH OF I-70. PRECIP TYPE WILL MAINLY BE IN THE FORM OF LIGHT RAIN...WITH SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ON THE NORTHERN EDGE. TEMPS WILL BE ON THE COLD SIDE TODAY...AS WINDS REMAIN FROM THE N/NE. HAVE UNDERCUT GUIDANCE NUMBERS BY A FEW DEGREES...WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE UPPER 20S NORTHWEST...TO AROUND 40 FAR SOUTHEAST. A MORE SIGNIFICANT WAVE WILL EJECT NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE BAJA UPPER LOW TONIGHT...SETTING THE STAGE FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. MODELS DIFFER QUITE A BIT ON TIMING AND QPF...BUT WILL SIDE WITH THE MORE CONSISTENT GFS IN THIS CASE. AS WAVE APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST...ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL INCREASE MARKEDLY AFTER 00Z. IMPRESSIVE 1000-500MB OMEGA AND AMPLE MOISTURE SUPPLY FROM THE SOUTH WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD PRECIP. TEMP PROFILES WILL INITIALLY SUPPORT FREEZING RAIN ACROSS LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF SHELBYVILLE TO DANVILLE LINE...BUT AS SURFACE FRONT BEGINS TO LIFT NORTHWARD...TEMPS WILL RISE A FEW DEGREES OVERNIGHT. PRECIP WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO ALL RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT EAST OF THE I-55 CORRIDOR...WITH FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING FURTHER WEST. ALL MODELS SUGGEST PRECIP WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN ACROSS NEARLY THE ENTIRE CWA BY 12Z TUE...HOWEVER THINK THEY ARE ERODING THE SHALLOW COLD LAYER MUCH TOO QUICKLY. 00Z GFS FORECAST SOUNDINGS VERIFIED ABOUT 3 DEGREES TOO WARM AT KPIA AT 06Z...WHICH SUPPORTS THIS THEORY. WILL THEREFORE MAINTAIN FREEZING RAIN ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY. WILL BE ISSUING AN ICE STORM WARNING FOR THIS AREA...WITH A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FURTHER EAST TO THE I-55 CORRIDOR. ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...AS SURFACE TEMPS RISE ABOVE FREEZING EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...BUT WARNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. ONCE WAVE TRACKS BY TO THE NORTHEAST...COLDER AIR WILL AGAIN INVADE THE AREA FORM THE NORTHWEST...WITH PRECIP TRANSITIONING BACK TO FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE CWA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. MEANWHILE...FINAL PIECE OF ENERGY FROM THE SOUTHWEST UPPER LOW WILL EJECT NORTHEASTWARD...RESULTING IN YET ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIP ON WEDNESDAY. WILL LIKELY START AS FREEZING RAIN...BUT CHANGE TO A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AS COLDER AIR IS ADVECTED IN ALOFT. MODELS DISAGREE AS TO EXACTLY HOW MUCH PRECIP WILL FALL IN THE COLD AIR WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SO WILL ONLY CARRY CHANCE POPS AT THIS TIME. LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY IMPROVING CONDITIONS STILL ON TAP IN THE EXTENDED...AS UPPER PATTERN TRANSITIONS TO MORE OF A W/NW FLOW. COOL AND GENERALLY DRY WEATHER WILL BE THE RULE THROUGH THE PERIOD. BARNES && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1115 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 LITTLE CHANGE FROM EARLIER THINKING...LIFR CIGS AND VSBYS TO CONTINUE THRU AT LEAST 16Z MONDAY. COMBINATION OF THE ABUNDANT LOW LVL MOISTURE AND LIGHT WINDS OVERNIGHT HAS ALREADY LED TO SOME LOW VSBYS IN A FEW SPOTS AND ONLY EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE AND EVEN DETERIORATE WITH TIME. HIGH PRESSURE WL DRIFT ACRS THE AREA MONDAY MRNG WITH WINDS ALMOST NON-EXISTANT UNTIL EVENING AS THE HIGH SHIFTS TO OUR EAST. WL GRDLY TAKE CIGS AND VSBYS UP LATE MON MRNG BUT STILL LOOKING AT IFR CONDITIONS INTO MONDAY AFTN. NEXT BATCH OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WL PUSH INTO THE AREA MONDAY EVENING. SMITH && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ICE STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT FOR ILZ027>030-036-040. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY FOR ILZ031-037-038-041-042-047>051. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 3:29 PM CST, 12 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 329 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>051-053-101200- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL-MASON- MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-PIATT-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK- TAZEWELL-VERMILION-WOODFORD- 329 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEPOSIT ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. AREAS NEAR THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL BE CLOSER TO THE TWO TENTHS OF ICE...WHILE FARTHER NORTH TOWARD GALESBURG THE ICE TOTALS MAY BE DOWN NEAR ONE TENTH. FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CONTINUE THIS EVENING...BUT SHOULD NOT ACCUMULATE MUCH ADDITIONAL ICE. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS TODAY...AND EVERYONE SHOULD USE CAUTION IF THEY MUST GO OUT TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AS THE NEXT WEATHER DISTURBANCE AFFECTS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AGAIN...AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THAT DEVELOPING WINTER SITUATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ052-054>057-061-101200- CHRISTIAN-COLES-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-MOULTRIE-SHELBY- 329 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED FROM TAYLORVILLE TO PARIS AND SOUTH TO INCLUDE INTERSTATE 70 TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL RAPIDLY DEPOSIT ICE ON MANY SURFACES...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TODAY. ONLY GO OUT IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TRAVEL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AS THE NEXT WEATHER DISTURBANCE AFFECTS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AGAIN...AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THAT DEVELOPING WINTER SITUATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ062-063-066>068-101200- CLARK-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER- 329 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED FROM TAYLORVILLE TO PARIS AND SOUTH TO INCLUDE INTERSTATE 70 TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL RAPIDLY DEPOSIT ICE ON MANY SURFACES...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TODAY. ONLY GO OUT IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TRAVEL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 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. ILZ071>073-101200- CLAY-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 329 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT LIGHT RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY 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 TODAY IF TRAVELING NORTH OF I-70. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 8:52 PM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, DeWitt, Fulton, Knox, Logan and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:39 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | ILX | Cass, Logan, McLean, Mason, Menard, Morgan and 4 more | 24 hr |
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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.