Alert archive / Illinois / Snow Advisories in 2007
Snow Advisory 3, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this snow advisory at Dec 6, 2007, 3:51 AM CST for 29 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Dec 6, 2007, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 6, 2007, 3:51 AM CST (09:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 6, 2007, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2007, 1:43 AM CST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
All 29 counties
Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 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 060951 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 351 AM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .A QUICK MOVING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY SLEET TO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. MOST OF THE AREA WILL RECEIVE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WILL SEE A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET DUE TO SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER LEVELS. ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047>050-061400- /O.NEW.KILX.SN.Y.0003.071206T2100Z-071207T1200Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER- MASON-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...HAVANA... JACKSONVILLE 351 AM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AROUND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF FRIDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ038-042>046-051>057-061>063-061400- /O.NEW.KILX.SN.Y.0003.071207T0000Z-071207T1200Z/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN- MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE... DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 351 AM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AROUND 6 PM. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF FRIDAY MORNING.. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-061400- /O.NEW.KILX.WW.Y.0005.071207T0000Z-071207T1200Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 351 AM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS STARTING AROUND 6 PM AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. TOTAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BEFORE THE WINTERY PRECIPITATION ENDS FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ AUTEN
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KILX 061102 CCA WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 501 AM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .A QUICK MOVING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY SLEET TO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. MOST OF THE AREA WILL RECEIVE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WILL SEE A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET DUE TO SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER LEVELS. ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047>050-061530- /O.COR.KILX.SN.Y.0003.071206T2100Z-071207T1200Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER- MASON-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...HAVANA... JACKSONVILLE 501 AM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AROUND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF FRIDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ038-042>046-051>057-061>063-061530- /O.NEW.KILX.SN.Y.0003.071207T0000Z-071207T1200Z/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN- MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE... DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 501 AM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AROUND 6 PM. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF FRIDAY MORNING.. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-061530- /O.NEW.KILX.WW.Y.0005.071207T0000Z-071207T1200Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 501 AM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS STARTING AROUND 6 PM AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. TOTAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BEFORE THE WINTERY PRECIPITATION ENDS FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ AUTEN
000 WWUS43 KILX 061352 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 752 AM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .A QUICK MOVING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY SLEET TO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. MOST OF THE AREA WILL RECEIVE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WILL SEE A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET DUE TO SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER LEVELS. ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047>050-061800- /O.CON.KILX.SN.Y.0003.071206T2100Z-071207T1200Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER- MASON-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...HAVANA... JACKSONVILLE 752 AM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AROUND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF FRIDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ038-042>046-051>057-061>063-061800- /O.CON.KILX.SN.Y.0003.071207T0000Z-071207T1200Z/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN- MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE... DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 752 AM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AROUND 6 PM. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF FRIDAY MORNING.. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-061800- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0005.071207T0000Z-071207T1200Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 752 AM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS STARTING AROUND 6 PM AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. TOTAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BEFORE THE WINTERY PRECIPITATION ENDS FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ AUTEN
000 WWUS43 KILX 061741 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1141 AM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .A QUICK MOVING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY SLEET TO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. MOST OF THE AREA WILL RECEIVE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WILL SEE A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET DUE TO SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER LEVELS. ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047>050-062200- /O.CON.KILX.SN.Y.0003.071206T2100Z-071207T1200Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER- MASON-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...HAVANA... JACKSONVILLE 1141 AM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AROUND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF FRIDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ038-042>046-051>057-061>063-062200- /O.CON.KILX.SN.Y.0003.071207T0000Z-071207T1200Z/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN- MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE... DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 1141 AM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AROUND 6 PM. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF FRIDAY MORNING.. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-062200- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0005.071207T0000Z-071207T1200Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1141 AM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS STARTING AROUND 6 PM AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. TOTAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BEFORE THE WINTERY PRECIPITATION ENDS FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KILX 062109 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 309 PM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .A QUICK MOVING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY SLEET TO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. MOST OF THE AREA WILL RECEIVE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WILL SEE A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET DUE TO SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER LEVELS. ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047>050-070200- /O.CON.KILX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071207T1200Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER- MASON-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...HAVANA... JACKSONVILLE 309 PM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AROUND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF FRIDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ038-042>046-051>057-061>063-070200- /O.CON.KILX.SN.Y.0003.071207T0000Z-071207T1200Z/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN- MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE... DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 309 PM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AROUND 6 PM. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF FRIDAY MORNING.. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-070200- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0005.071207T0000Z-071207T1200Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 309 PM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS STARTING AROUND 6 PM AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. TOTAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BEFORE THE WINTERY PRECIPITATION ENDS FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KILX 070151 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 751 PM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET TO CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE EVENING... .A QUICK MOVING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR ACROSS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-070800- /O.CON.KILX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071207T1200Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 751 PM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE EVENING. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH THE EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH A FEW LOCATIONS SEEING UP TO 4 INCHES. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THUS ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGE DECKS AND ON LESSER TRAVELED ROADS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-070800- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071207T1200Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 751 PM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET...ALONG WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING HOURS. TOTAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BEFORE THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION ENDS FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SMITH
000 WWUS43 KILX 070552 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1152 PM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...SNOW QUICKLY COMING TO AN END ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>053-070700- /O.CAN.KILX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071207T1200Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 1152 PM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELED THE SNOW ADVISORY. SNOW WILL QUICKLY MOVE OUT OF THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH ONLY THE FAR EAST EXPERIENCING MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. PATCHY FLURRIES OR POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL LINGER THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. $$ ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-070800- /O.CON.KILX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071207T1200Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 1152 PM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN ILLINOIS THROUGH 200 AM. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THUS ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGE DECKS AND ON LESSER TRAVELED ROADS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-070800- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071207T1200Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1152 PM CST THU DEC 6 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET...ALONG WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SMITH
000 WWUS43 KILX 070743 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 143 AM CST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...SNOW HAS TAPERED TO FLURRIES OR PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE... ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-070845- /O.CAN.KILX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071207T1200Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 143 AM CST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. THE STEADY SNOW SHOWERS HAVE MOVED EAST OF ILLINOIS. SCATTERED FLURRIES OR PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY LINGER THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ROADS WILL STILL REMAIN SLIPPERY THE REST OF THE NIGHT. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING EARLY THIS MORNING. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-070845- /O.CAN.KILX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071207T1200Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 143 AM CST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE STEADY SNOW SHOWERS HAVE MOVED EAST OF ILLINOIS. SCATTERED FLURRIES OR PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY LINGER THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ROADS WILL STILL REMAIN SLIPPERY THE REST OF THE NIGHT. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING EARLY THIS MORNING. $$ SHIMON
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this snow advisory 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 snow advisory went out at Dec 5, 11:37 PM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 5, 11:37 PM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1137 PM CST WED DEC 5 2007 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 832 PM CST WED DEC 5 2007 TEMPS NOSE DIVING THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SNOW COVERED AREAS TO OUR NORTH WHERE LACON WAS ALREADY DOWN TO 10 DEGREES. WL MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE OVERNIGHT LOWS...ESPECIALLY ACRS THE NORTH WHERE A FEW SPOTS ARE ALREADY AT THEIR EXPECTED OVERNIGHT LOWS. A FEW OF THE MORE FAVORED COLD SPOTS MAY DIP TO AROUND 5 ABOVE ZERO BY MRNG. STRATOCU DECK OFF OF LAKE MICHIGAN SHIFTING SOUTH AND DISSIPATING THIS EVENING WITH BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS NOW TURNING MORE INTO A NNW DIRECTION. CLEAR SKIES SHOULD CONTINUE ACRS MOST OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING EXPECTED AS THE CENTER OF THE COLD AIR MASS WL BE RIGHT OVER CNTRL IL BY MRNG. WL PROBABLY START TO SEE SOME CIRRUS MOVE IN JUST AFTR 12Z AHEAD OF OUR NEXT WX SYSTEM FOR LATE TMRW AFTN AND EVENING. SMITH && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1135 PM CST WED DEC 5 2007 VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THRU EARLY THU AFTN BEFORE ANOTHER FAST MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION. LIGHT SFC WINDS TONIGHT WL BECOME SOUTH THU MRNG AND MORE INTO A SSE DIRECTION BY AFTN AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. CIGS AND VSBYS TO QUICKLY LOWER AS THE SNOW DEVELOPS AFTR 21Z THU ACRS OUR WRN TAF (PIA, SPI) SITES WITH THE PIA AND BMI LOCATIONS EXPERIENCING OCCASIONAL VSBYS DOWN TO LESS THAN A MILE FROM ABT 00Z TO 04Z WHEN THE MAX LIFT IS FCST TO MOVE THROUGH. MVFR/IFR CIGS SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF AFTR 06Z WITH LIGHT SSW SFC WNDS. SMITH && .PREV DISCUSSION... ISSUED 254 PM CST WED DEC 5 2007 LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS HAD AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE...CENTERED OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST...BUILDING INTO THE GREAT LAKES/MIDWEST FROM THE PLAINS. THIS WILL BRING CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS A BRIEF PERIOD OF QUIET WEATHER AHEAD OF OUR NEXT WEATHER MAKER LATE THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM...SEVERAL OTHERS IN ITS WAKE...AND THE ASSOCIATED PRECIPITATION THREAT...ARE THE PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERNS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. 12Z MODELS REALLY NOT IN GREAT AGREEMENT AT ALMOST ANY POINT IN TODAY/S FORECAST PERIOD. HOWEVER...THE FLAVOR IS SIMILAR THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND THIS SUPPORTS GOING WITH A BLEND ON THE DETAILS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WITH THIS THINKING IN MIND...HAVE ALSO GONE WITH A BLEND OF GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES TO SMOOTH THE SOMETIMES SIZABLE SPREADS. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... TONIGHT...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST RAPIDLY BUILDS FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS FORECAST AREA. SOME LINGERING CLOUDS/FLURRIES OFF LAKE MICHIGAN POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-57 CORRIDOR UNTIL WINDS BACK MORE WESTERLY. OTHERWISE...MOSTLY CLEAR AND COLD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT...SHORT WAVE...CURRENTLY OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST...WILL RACE THROUGH THE REGION IN A QUICK ZONAL FLOW. THIS SHORT WAVE DOES NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH IN UPPER LEVEL PROGS AND DOES NOT PRODUCE MUCH OF A SURFACE REFLECTION ASIDE FROM A FRONT/WIND SHIFT. HOWEVER...RELATIVELY STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT IS EXPECTED JUST AHEAD OF THIS WAVE. ALSO...THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE UNDER THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF 120+ KT JET THAT WILL BE DRIVING THE WAVE. SPECIFIC HUMIDITIES ON REPRESENTATIVE ISENTROPIC CHARTS OF 2-4 G/KG AND THE RELATIVELY STRONG FORCING WOULD SUPPORT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ADVISORY LEVEL /3 INCHES/ IN THE NORTH FROM LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. HOWEVER... THE VERY RAPID MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED FORCING SHOULD KEEP ACCUMULATIONS A BIT LOWER. FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...THE LOW LEVEL FRONT/BAROCLINIC ZONE BEHIND THURSDAY/S SYSTEM DOES NOT PUSH MUCH FURTHER SOUTH THAN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS/OHIO VALLEY. THE NAM IS ALONE IN KEEPING SOME PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA ON FRIDAY TO THE NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY...BUT THE AIRMASS APPEARS TOO DRY/FORCING TOO WEAK TO GO WITH MORE THAN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW/RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTH. A VIGOROUS TROF WILL DIG OFF THE WEST COAST OF THE U.S. ON FRIDAY. THIS TROFFING WILL REMAIN IN PLACE HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. AN INITIAL PIECE OF ENERGY WILL EJECT OUT OF THIS TROF FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...POTENTIALLY ACTIVATING THE FRONT/BAROCLINIC ZONE TO OUR SOUTH. HOWEVER...THE BEST FORCING/MOISTURE RETURN WITH THIS FEATURE WILL LIE TO OUR WEST...SO DO NOT EXPECT SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION CHANCES AT THIS TIME. LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MODELS/ENSEMBLES CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE ON AGREEMENT WITH THE UNSETTLED AND POTENTIALLY MESSY WEATHER EXPECTED IN THE EXTENDED RANGE OF THE FORECAST. AGREEMENT IS REASONABLE INTO EARLY MONDAY WITH THE TROF WEST/RIDGE EAST PATTERN ACROSS THE LOWER 48 AND A TIGHT BAROCLINIC ZONE IN THE VICINITY OF ILLINOIS. PERIODIC DISTURBANCES EJECT OUT OF THE WESTERN TROF AND BRING A RISK OF PRECIPITATION TO THE FORECAST AREA... ESPECIALLY SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY. UNFORTUNATELY...THE MODEL TREND IS TOWARD A COOLER SOLUTION...WHICH WOULD INTRODUCE CONSIDERABLE PRECIPITATION TYPE PROBLEMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. FOR NOW...HAVE ADDED MENTION OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE NORTHWEST SATURDAY NIGHT...AND ADDED MENTION OF RAIN OR SNOW IN SOME LATER PERIODS. CONFIDENCE IN THE DETAILS BEYOND SUNDAY IS LOW...AS THE MODELS VARY CONSIDERABLY IN HOW MUCH ENERGY TO EJECT OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST TROF...WITH ANOTHER PATTERN SHIFT POSSIBLE BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. BAK && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 5, 4:02 PM CST, 11 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 402 PM CST WED DEC 5 2007 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-061200- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND- DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-FULTON-JASPER-KNOX-LAWRENCE-LOGAN- MACON-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PEORIA-PIATT- RICHLAND-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-SHELBY-STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION- WOODFORD- 402 PM CST WED DEC 5 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ANOTHER WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT...BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO CENTRAL AND EASTERN ILLINOIS. MINOR SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 72 THROUGH THE PERIOD. THEN A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THESE SYSTEMS WILL BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW TO THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD. .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 6, 3:51 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | Clay, Crawford, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.