Alert archive / Illinois / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this winter storm warning at Feb 12, 2007, 4:05 AM CST for 29 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 12, 2007, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 29 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2007, 4:05 AM CST (10:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2007, 10:47 PM CST
- In force
- 29 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 10:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 9:35 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Lovington, IL | |
| Feb 12, 9:35 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Springfield, IL | FROM OFFICIAL OBSERVER IN SPRINGFIELD. |
| Feb 12, 9:55 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Riverton, IL | |
| Feb 12, 10:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Springfield, IL | FROM OFFICIAL OBSERVER IN SPRINGFIELD |
| Feb 12, 10:45 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | 4 Sw Springfield, IL | APPROXIMATELY 1/4 INCH OF ICE BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGED TO SNOW. ONE INCH OF SNOW IN PAST HOUR. |
| Feb 13, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Lincoln, IL | |
| Feb 13, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Springfield, IL | FROM OFFICIAL OBSERVER IN SPRINGFIELD |
| Feb 13, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Riverton, IL | |
| Feb 13, 12:45 AM CST | SNOW 1.6 | Urbana, IL | 1.6 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED AT WILL IN URBANA...0.16 LIQUID. |
| Feb 13, 12:45 AM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Clinton, IL | |
| Feb 13, 1:15 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | 4 Sw Springfield, IL | STORM TOTAL 2.9 INCHES. |
| Feb 13, 1:15 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Decatur, IL | STORM TOTAL 4 INCHES |
| Feb 13, 1:30 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | 2 Wsw Pana, IL | ROSAMOND...1/2 INCH OF SLEET ON ROADS. |
| Feb 13, 1:54 AM CST | SNOW 0.4 | Springfield, IL | STORM TOTAL 3.7 INCHES. |
| Feb 13, 2:30 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | Sherman, IL | |
| Feb 13, 3:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Monticello, IL | 3-5 INCHES ESTIMATED BY COUNTY DISPATCH |
| Feb 13, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 4 Nne Normal, IL | |
| Feb 13, 5:12 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.1 | 2 E South Pekin, IL | |
| Feb 13, 5:12 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.1 | Le Roy, IL | DRIFTING SNOW 6 -12 INCHES DEEP. |
| Feb 13, 5:12 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Farmington, IL | 4.5 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. FROM ESDA DIRECTOR. |
| Feb 13, 5:12 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Macon, IL | 5 INCHES ON THE GROUND. 1 INCH OF NEW SNOWFALL IN PAST 2.5 HOURS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Feb 13, 5:14 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Germantown Hills, IL | |
| Feb 13, 5:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2.8 | Rome, IL | 2.8 INCHES OF SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING. |
| Feb 13, 5:38 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Springfield, IL | WTAX RADIO REPORTED 5-6 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SPRINGFIELD. |
| Feb 13, 5:50 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.3 | Ogden, IL | |
| Feb 13, 5:53 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Lincoln, IL | 4.5 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED AT THE NWS OFFICE |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | Gilson, IL | BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 S Moweaqua, IL | |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Rushville, IL | 3 INCHES OF SNOW WITH DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 5 W Bloomington, IL | |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | Havana, IL | |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.4 | 2 Sw Athens, IL | 4.4 INCHES OF SNOW |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 4 Nne Riverton, IL | |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.2 | Rankin, IL | |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Mount Pulaski, IL | |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Springfield, IL | NORTHERN PORTION OF SPRINGFIELD...MEASURED BY NWS EMPLOYEE. |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | Springfield, IL | 6.2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL AT THE OFFICIAL SPRINGFIELD OBSERVER. |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 2 S Philadelphia, IL | 3 FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.6 | 4 Sw Springfield, IL | 2-3 FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Feb 13, 6:46 AM CST | ICE STORM | Mattoon, IL | ICE ACCUMULATION IN TREES AND VEHICLES IN DITCHES. |
| Feb 13, 6:50 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | 2 S Philadelphia, IL | STRONG WINDS OF 40+ MPH. DRIFTS TO 3 FEET. |
| Feb 13, 6:50 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2.8 | Altona, IL | |
| Feb 13, 6:50 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Rushville, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Shelbyville, IL | ROADS COVERED WITH FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF BETHANY AND NORTH OF BETHANY ROADS WERE SNOW PACKED WITH DRIFTS TO 1.5 FEET. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS NEAR DALTON CITY. |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Lane, IL | DRIFTS TO 3 FEET. |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Morrisonville, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Bradford, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 2 W Washington, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Paris, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 2 W Princeville, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2.5 | Chillicothe, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | St. David, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 3 Sw (Pia)Peoria Arpt, IL | OFFICIAL OBSERVATION FOR PEORIA |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Jacksonville, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | 2 Sw Petersburg, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | Hoopeston, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 2 Sw Camp Grove, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Winchester, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.7 | Roanoke, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Lewistown, IL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 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
- 1576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 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 121005 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 405 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS MOVING INTO CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE OHIO VALLEY ON TUESDAY BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO PARTS OF THE MIDWEST. JUST SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR...WITH RAIN FURTHER SOUTH ALONG THE OHIO VALLEY. AS THE LOW PULLS TO OUR EAST ON TUESDAY... STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THE HEAVY BAND OF SNOW APPEARS TO BE SETTING UP ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 WHERE 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH EVEN LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE CLOSER TO THE ILLINOIS INDIANA BORDER BY LATE TUESDAY. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-121415- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0002.070212T1800Z-070214T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WS.W.0001.070213T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ 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 405 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER 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. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE AREA WITH FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE ROUGHLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR EVEN HIGHER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE INDIANA STATE LINE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AS THE STORM SYSTEM TRACKS INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY LATE TUESDAY... NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TUESDAY PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-121415- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0002.070212T1800Z-070214T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WW.Y.0003.070213T0000Z-070214T0000Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 405 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE BEST THREAT FOR RAIN...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH THE PRECIPITATION MIXING IN WITH SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THE DAY TUESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM PULLS TO OUR EAST. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY LATER TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET ALONG WITH THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL ON TUESDAY WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. IN ADDITION...AS THE STORM SYSTEM TRACKS INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY LATE TUESDAY... NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TUESDAY PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SMITH
12 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KILX 121426 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 826 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE OHIO VALLEY ON TUESDAY BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO PARTS OF THE MIDWEST. JUST SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR...WITH RAIN FURTHER SOUTH ALONG THE OHIO VALLEY. AS THE LOW PULLS TO OUR EAST ON TUESDAY... STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THE HEAVY BAND OF SNOW APPEARS TO BE SETTING UP ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 WHERE 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH EVEN LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE CLOSER TO THE ILLINOIS INDIANA BORDER BY LATE TUESDAY. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-121830- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.070213T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ 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 826 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE AREA WITH FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE ROUGHLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR EVEN HIGHER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE INDIANA STATE LINE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AS THE STORM SYSTEM TRACKS INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY LATE TUESDAY... NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TUESDAY PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-121830- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.070213T0000Z-070214T0000Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 826 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE BEST THREAT FOR RAIN...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH THE PRECIPITATION MIXING IN WITH SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THE DAY TUESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM PULLS TO OUR EAST. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY LATER TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET ALONG WITH THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL ON TUESDAY WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. IN ADDITION...AS THE STORM SYSTEM TRACKS INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY LATE TUESDAY... NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TUESDAY PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KILX 121842 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1242 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE OHIO VALLEY ON TUESDAY BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO PARTS OF THE MIDWEST. JUST SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR...WITH RAIN FURTHER SOUTH ALONG THE OHIO VALLEY. AS THE LOW PULLS TO OUR EAST ON TUESDAY... STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THE HEAVY BAND OF SNOW APPEARS TO BE SETTING UP ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 WHERE 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH EVEN LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE CLOSER TO THE ILLINOIS INDIANA BORDER BY LATE TUESDAY. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-122230- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.070213T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ 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 1242 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE AREA WITH FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE ROUGHLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR EVEN HIGHER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE INDIANA STATE LINE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AS THE STORM SYSTEM TRACKS INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY LATE TUESDAY... NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TUESDAY PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-122230- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.070213T0000Z-070214T0000Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1242 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE BEST THREAT FOR RAIN...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH THE PRECIPITATION MIXING IN WITH SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THE DAY TUESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM PULLS TO OUR EAST. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY LATER TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET ALONG WITH THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL ON TUESDAY WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. IN ADDITION...AS THE STORM SYSTEM TRACKS INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY LATE TUESDAY... NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TUESDAY PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ HARDIMAN
000 WWUS43 KILX 122154 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 354 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE OHIO VALLEY ON TUESDAY BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO PARTS OF THE MIDWEST. JUST SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR...WITH RAIN FURTHER SOUTH ALONG THE OHIO VALLEY. AS THE LOW PULLS TO OUR EAST ON TUESDAY... STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW WILL LIKELY SET UP ALONG I-72 BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND CHAMPAIGN... WHERE 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE CLOSER TO THE ILLINOIS INDIANA BORDER BY LATE TUESDAY. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-130200- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.070213T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ 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 354 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE JACKSONVILLE AND SPRINGFIELD AREAS BETWEEN 8 PM AND 10 PM THIS EVENING... AND INTO THE PEORIA AND BLOOMINGTON AREAS AROUND MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS A MIX OF RAIN... SLEET... AND SNOW ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-72 CORRIDOR... CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER... WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES FROM THE ILLINOIS RIVER SOUTHEAST TO NEAR THE I-70 CORRIDOR. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED IN A NARROW BAND... WHICH IS MOST LIKELY TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING NEAR THE I-72 CORRIDOR BETWEEN DECATUR AND DANVILLE. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM EVEN THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS WINDS SHIFT INTO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-130200- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.070213T0000Z-070214T0000Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 354 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE BEST THREAT FOR RAIN...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BETWEEN 4 PM AND 7 PM THIS EVENING... WITH THE RAIN MIXING WITH SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THE DAY TUESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM PULLS TO OUR EAST. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY LATER TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET ALONG WITH THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL ON TUESDAY WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. IN ADDITION...AS THE STORM SYSTEM TRACKS INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY LATE TUESDAY... NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TUESDAY PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ HARDIMAN/BAK
000 WWUS43 KILX 130209 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 809 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTH TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO PUSH NORTHEAST INTO TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO PARTS OF ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. JUST SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR...WITH RAIN FURTHER SOUTH OF I-70 ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. AS THE LOW PULLS TO OUR EAST ON TUESDAY... STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING FROM I-70 NORTH. THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW WILL LIKELY SET UP ALONG I-72 BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND CHAMPAIGN... WHERE 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE CLOSER TO THE ILLINOIS INDIANA BORDER NEAR DANVILLE BY SUNSET TUESDAY. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-130615- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ 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 809 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL MOVE NORTH FROM RUSHVILLE TO DECATUR TO PARIS TOWARD I-74 BY 11 PM...AND NORTHEAST OF I-74 AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH THE SNOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER... WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES FROM THE ILLINOIS RIVER SOUTHEAST TO NEAR THE I-70 CORRIDOR. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THE I-72 CORRIDOR BETWEEN DECATUR AND DANVILLE. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM EVEN THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS NORTHEAST WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-130615- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070214T0000Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 809 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-70...WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN TO SNOW TUESDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY SUNSET TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET ALONG WITH THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL ON TUESDAY WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. IN ADDITION...AS THE STORM SYSTEM TRACKS INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY LATE TUESDAY... NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TUESDAY PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ HUETTL/HARDIMAN/BAK
000 WWUS43 KILX 130548 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1148 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM BARRELING DOWN ON CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTH TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO TRACK NORTHEAST INTO TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. OVER SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS FROM EFFINGHAM AND ROBINSON SOUTH...THE RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIXTURE WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TUESDAY. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING AND PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM I-70 NORTH. THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW WILL SET UP ALONG I-72 BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND CHAMPAIGN AND DANVILLE... WHERE UP TO A FOOT IS LIKELY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-131000- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ 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 1148 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD AREAS NORTH OF PEORIA AND BLOOMINGTON THROUGH 1 AM. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES FROM THE ILLINOIS RIVER SOUTHEAST TO NEAR THE I-70 CORRIDOR. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THE I-72 CORRIDOR BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND CHAMPAIGN AND DANVILLE. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS NORTHEAST WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-131000- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070214T0000Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1148 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. RAIN MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATER TONIGHT OR TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY SUNSET TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTH OF A EFFINGHAM TO ROBINSON LINE. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ALONG WITH THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL ON TUESDAY WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. IN ADDITION...AS THE STORM SYSTEM TRACKS INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY LATE TUESDAY... NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TUESDAY PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ HUETTL
000 WWUS43 KILX 130950 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 350 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO AFFECT PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING WAS TRACKING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO PARTS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE HEAVY BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A TAYLORVILLE TO SULLIVAN TO CHRISMAN LINE WITH A WINTRY MIX OCCURRING TO THE SOUTH. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I72 CORRIDOR. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE HEAVIER BAND WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES BY EARLY THIS EVENING WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS WEST AND NORTH OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER AND SOUTH TOWARDS INTERSTATE 70 WHERE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. ILZ031-037-038-041>055-131400- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.BZ.W.0001.070213T0950Z-070214T0600Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 350 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WITH 10 TO 15 INCHES EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 72 CORRIDOR FROM NEAR SPRINGFIELD EAST TOWARDS CHAMPAIGN. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING...PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN MANY AREAS. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS NORTHEAST WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ ILZ027>030-036-040-056-057-061>063-131400- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 350 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE JUST EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 72...SNOW WILL MIX AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE ALL THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES SNOW LATER THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 72 WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS...PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS NORTHEAST WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-131400- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070214T0000Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 350 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET...WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW LATER THIS MORNING...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY SUNSET WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTH OF A EFFINGHAM TO ROBINSON LINE. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ALONG WITH THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL TODAY WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. IN ADDITION...AS THE STORM SYSTEM TRACKS INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY LATE TODAY... NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...PRODUCING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SMITH
000 WWUS43 KILX 131352 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 752 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS THIS MORNING WAS TRACKING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO PARTS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE HEAVY BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A TAYLORVILLE TO SULLIVAN TO CHRISMAN LINE WITH A WINTRY MIX OCCURRING TO THE SOUTH. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I72 CORRIDOR. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE HEAVIER BAND WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS WEST AND NORTH OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER AND SOUTH TOWARDS INTERSTATE 70 WHERE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. ILZ031-037-038-041>055-131800- /O.CON.KILX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 752 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WITH 10 TO AS MUCH AS 15 INCHES IN A FEW LOCATIONS EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING... PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN MANY AREAS. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS NORTHEAST WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ ILZ027>030-036-040-056-057-061>063-131800- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 752 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE JUST EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 72...SNOW WILL MIX AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE ALL THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES SNOW LATER THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 72 WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS...PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS NORTHEAST WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-131800- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070214T0000Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 752 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET...WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW LATER THIS MORNING...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY SUNSET WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTH OF A EFFINGHAM TO ROBINSON LINE. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ALONG WITH THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL TODAY WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. IN ADDITION...AS THE STORM SYSTEM TRACKS INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY LATE TODAY... NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...PRODUCING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SMITH
000 WWUS43 KILX 131748 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1148 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS THIS MORNING WAS TRACKING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE HEAVY BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A TAYLORVILLE TO SULLIVAN TO CHRISMAN LINE WITH A WINTRY MIX OCCURRING TO THE SOUTH. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-72 CORRIDOR. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE HEAVIER BAND WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS WEST AND NORTH OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER AND SOUTH TOWARDS I-70 WHERE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. ILZ031-037-038-041>055-132200- /O.CON.KILX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 1148 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WITH 10 TO AS MUCH AS 15 INCHES IN A FEW LOCATIONS EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING... PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN MANY AREAS. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS NORTHEAST WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ ILZ027>030-036-040-056-057-061>063-132200- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 1148 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE JUST EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. SNOWFALL TOTALS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 72 WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS...PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS NORTHEAST WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-132200- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070214T0000Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1148 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET...WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY SUNSET WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTH OF A EFFINGHAM TO ROBINSON LINE. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ALONG WITH THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL TODAY WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. IN ADDITION...AS THE STORM SYSTEM TRACKS INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY LATE TODAY... NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...PRODUCING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KILX 132131 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 331 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS INTO THE EVENING...AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS JUST SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND ONE INCH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...TO AS MUCH AS TWO TO THREE INCHES IN EAST- CENTRAL ILLINOIS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. ILZ031-037-038-041>055-140200- /O.CON.KILX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 331 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND COMING TO AN END AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND ONE INCH. NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ ILZ027>030-036-040-056-057-061>063-140200- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 331 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND COMING TO AN END AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND ONE INCH ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY...WITH AS MUCH AS TWO TO THREE INCHES ALONG THE I-57 CORRIDOR. NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-140000- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070214T0000Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 331 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A MIXTURE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND COMING TO AN END AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND ONE INCH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BARNES
000 WWUS43 KILX 132329 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 529 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS INTO THE EVENING...AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS JUST SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND ONE INCH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...TO AS MUCH AS TWO TO THREE INCHES IN EAST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. ILZ031-037-038-041>055-140400- /O.CON.KILX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 529 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND COMING TO AN END AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND ONE INCH. NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ ILZ027>030-036-040-056-057-061>063-140400- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 529 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND COMING TO AN END AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND ONE INCH ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY...WITH AS MUCH AS TWO TO THREE INCHES ALONG THE I-57 CORRIDOR. NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-140400- /O.EXT.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 529 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATER THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BAK
000 WWUS43 KILX 140108 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 708 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. HOWEVER...GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ILZ027>030-036-040-140600- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.BS.Y.0001.070214T0108Z-070214T1000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 708 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL AREA ROAD CREWS CAN REMOVE LARGE DRIFTS FROM AREA ROADS. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ILZ031-037-038-041>055-140600- /O.CON.KILX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 708 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND COMING TO AN END TOWARD MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND ONE INCH. NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ ILZ056-057-061>063-140600- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 708 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND COMING TO AN END AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND ONE INCH ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY...WITH AS MUCH AS TWO TO THREE INCHES ALONG THE I-57 CORRIDOR. NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-140600- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 708 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATER THIS EVENING. UP TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BAK
000 WWUS43 KILX 140447 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1047 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ILZ031-037-038-041>055-141000- /O.CAN.KILX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KILX.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T1000Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 1047 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL AREA ROAD CREWS CAN REMOVE LARGE DRIFTS FROM AREA ROADS. EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE MOST IMPACTED. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ILZ056-057-061>063-141000- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KILX.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T1000Z/ COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 1047 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL AREA ROAD CREWS CAN REMOVE LARGE DRIFTS FROM AREA ROADS. EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE MOST IMPACTED. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ILZ066>068-071>073-140600- /O.CAN.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1047 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW REMAINS POSSIBLE. $$ ILZ027>030-036-040-141000- /O.CON.KILX.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T1000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 1047 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL AREA ROAD CREWS CAN REMOVE LARGE DRIFTS FROM AREA ROADS. EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE MOST IMPACTED. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ BAK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 12, 3:41 AM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 3:41 AM CST, 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 341 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 .DISCUSSION... ANOTHER CALM NIGHT AS THE NEXT ROUND OF MODEL DATA COME IN FOR A WINTER STORM TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. ALMOST ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE ERN HALF OF THE CONUS...WITH ONLY THE BEGINNINGS OF A TROF OUT OVER THE ROCKIES THIS MORNING. BUT THAT TROF IS WHERE THE POTENTIAL LIES FOR THIS MORNINGS FORECAST ISSUES. WEAK COLD FRONT ALSO PUSHING INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH...ADDING SOME WEAK LIFT TO SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY ALONG THE IL/WI BORDER AND SRN LK MICHIGAN. 00Z RAOB ANALYSIS CONTINUING TO CONFIRM ABUNDANT MID LEVEL MOISTURE THAT IS ON WV SATELLITE IMAGERY. IN THE MODELS...WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES...OR MAYBE NOT SO MUCH. THE ONLY THING THAT IS CHANGING IN THE MODELS IS THE TIMING OF A SEEMINGLY INEVITABLE WINTER STORM. MODELS ARE ALSO FALLING MORE IN LINE WITH ONE ANOTHER IN BRINGING PLENTY OF SNOW AND BLUSTERY WINDS TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. AS FOR THE GRIDS...USED A BLEND...AS DETAILS OF THIS STORM VARY FROM MODEL TO MODEL RATHER INCONSISTENTLY AS TO HOW IT WILL WORK WITH THE FREEZING LINE TO THE SOUTH. HOWEVER...IF LOOKING FOR SNOW...ALL OF THEM ARE BRINGING SNOW...JUST A MATTER OF WHEN AND HOW MUCH. OTHER THAN THE STORM FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...THE FORECAST IS RATHER QUIET. SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY... FOR TODAY...MOSTLY QUIET CONDITIONS CONTINUE. SOME SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE CWA AS WAVE BEGINS TO EJECT OUT OF THE SW. FOR THE MOST PART...TODAYS HIGH TEMPS WILL BE A RACE BTWN SOME LL WAA...AND THE ADVANCING COLD FRONT FROM A CLIPPER SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE SRN TIER OF CANADA. AS A RESULT...TEMPS IN THE FAR SE MAY BE JUST WARM ENOUGH TO KEEP EVERYTHING ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE TO RAIN...EVEN INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS THE WINTER STORM PUSHES INTO THE REGION. AS FOR THE REST OF THE CWA...A LOW MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MAKE ITS WAY TOWARDS THE REGION TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BECOME NEGATIVELY TILTED OVER THE REGION...RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THE SURFACE CYCLONE ON TUESDAY. PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS WILL RESULT IN SNOW ACCUMULATION FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. YESTERDAYS 00Z RUNS OF THE VARIOUS MODELS SEEMED TO HINT AT DIFFERENT WAVES OF VARIOUS FORCING ENHANCEMENTS. THIS TIME AROUND...THE GFS AND THE NAM ARE BOTH AGREEING IN A RATHER PROLONGED PERIOD OF GOOD FORCING FROM 06Z TUESDAY TO 21Z TUESDAY. THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND INTO MONDAY...FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING COMES INTO PLAY AT SEVERAL LEVELS...BUT HAS WEAKENED AT ALL BUT THE 850MB TO 750MB LEVELS. HOWEVER...THE MAXIMUMS ARE REMAINING SHIFTED SOMEWHAT TO THE EAST ALONG THE IN/IL BORDER...CONSISTENT FROM THE PREVIOUS RUN AND RIGHT IN LINE WITH THE MAX SNOWFALL FOR THE CWA FROM HPC AND BOTH GFS AND NAM. ISENTROPIC LIFT IS REMAINING STRONG ACROSS THE REGION FOR MORE THAN 12 HOURS...WITH THE BEST LIFT ACROSS THE SRN TIER. PREVIOUSLY...THE GFS WAS FAR LESS AGGRESSIVE WITH THE ISENTROPIC LIFT...BUT HAS SINCE COME IN AS STRONG AS THE NAM/WRF WITH 35-45KTS WINDS UP A 290K SFC. IN ADDITION...MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN PAINTING A JET TO THE NORTHEAST...AND ANOTHER ONE APPROACHING FROM THE SE...PUTTING THE ILX AREA IN BETWEEN TWO DIVERGENT QUADRANTS...AND PRODUCING A LITTLE JET STREAK OVER THE AREA...FURTHER ENHANCING ANY LIFT OVER THE AREA...WHICH ACCORDING TO ALL SOURCES...THE OMEGA REMAINS MAXED OUT OVER THE REGION...SPECIFICALLY IN THE ERN HALF OF THE CWA...FOR MORE THAN 12 HOURS. CONDITIONAL SYMMETRIC INSTABILITY IS NOW BECOMING FAR MORE APPARENT IN MODEL CROSS SECTIONS AS TIME DRAWS CLOSER...FROM STL TO ORD...MAXING OUT IN THE SATURATED SPOT IN THE MIDDLE...OVER ILX. AND WITH SPEC HUMIDITY AT ABOUT 6G/KG FROM MODEL TO MODEL...AMOUNTS NEAR 12 INCHES ARE STARTING TO LOSE THEIR SHOCK VALUE. WITH A RAPIDLY DEEPENING SFC CYCLONE...ANY ENHANCEMENT DUE TO GRAVITY WAVES WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED...AND WILL MOST LIKELY BE CONFINED TO THE EXTREME EAST...AND POINTS EAST OF IL...ONCE THE CYCLONE GETS GOING. . LOOKING AT EPV...A VERY WEAKLY UNSTABLE LAYER IS STILL FOUND JUST OVER THE FRONTOGENETICAL MAX WITH THIS SYSTEM AS WELL...LENDING ITSELF TO FURTHER ENHANCEMENT. MOISTURE IS NOT A PROBLEM AT ALL IN THE MODELS. MOISTURE TRANSPORT IS STILL WELL UNDERWAY AND SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE. MAIN PROBLEM WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 72 WHERE THE THERMAL PROFILES ARE IN A BIT OF FLUX. THE FREEZING LINE IS FLIRTING WITH THAT SAME AREA THAT BORDERS ALL OF THE BEST DYNAMICS...WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN A VERY DRASTIC GRADIENT FROM HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS TO NEGLIGIBLE SNOW TOTALS. HOWEVER...WITH THE MODEL INCONSISTENCY WITH APPROPRIATELY HANDLING THE SHALLOW COLD AIR (EVEN THE NAM/WRF HAVING ISSUES THIS ROUND)...WILL HAVE TO GO WITH A WINTRY MIX IN THE SE AFTER A GOOD DOSE OF RAIN THIS EVENING BEFORE MIDNIGHT...AND KEEP THE HEADLINES TO AN ADVISORY SOUTH OF THE DRASTIC CUTOFF. NOW...IF ALL OF THIS IS NOT ENOUGH...HAVE TO ADD THAT THIS SFC SYSTEM IS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ENOUGH TO CREATE A RATHER SINISTER PRESSURE GRADIENT...AND SOME VERY BLUSTERY WINDS. WITH ALL THE SNOW THAT WILL BE FALLING ON TUESDAY...THESE WINDS ARE GOING TO CREATE QUITE A PROBLEM...AND WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED AS THE EVENT DRAWS NEAR...AS BLIZZARD CRITERIA WILL BE AWFULLY CLOSE. AS IT IS...BECAUSE OF THE WIND...WILL BE ISSUING A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE CWA. WITHOUT THE WIND...WOULD MAINLY BE A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WITH WIDESPREAD 8 TO 10...AND ISOLATED HIGHER. BUT THE WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CREATE ANOTHER HEADACHE FOR THE PUBLIC...AND WARRANTS STRONGER WORDING. LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... MOSTLY DRY AND COLD. SEVERELY UNDERCUT THE TEMPERATURES IN THE GUIDANCE FOR SNOWPACK. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 00Z TUESDAY TO 06Z WEDNESDAY FOR SCOTT MORGAN SANGAMON CHRISTIAN MACON SHELBY MOULTRIE DOUGLAS EDGAR COLES CUMBERLAND CLARK KNOX STARK MARSHALL FULTON PEORIA WOODFORD SCHUYLER MASON TAZEWELL MCLEAN CASS MENARD LOGAN DEWITT PIATT CHAMPAIGN AND VERMILION COUNTIES. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 03Z TUESDAY TO 00Z WEDNESDAY FOR EFFINGHAM JASPER CRAWFORD CLAY RICHLAND AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES. && HJS
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 3:23 PM CST, 12 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 323 PM CST SUN FEB 11 2007 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-121200- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-FULTON-KNOX- LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PEORIA- PIATT-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-SHELBY-STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION- WOODFORD- 323 PM CST SUN FEB 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM...A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS LATER ON TUESDAY...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A BAND OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A SPRINGFIELD TO CHAMPAIGN LINE. SOUTH OF THIS LINE...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES LATE TUESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM SHIFTS WELL TO OUR EAST. HOWEVER...AS THE LOW DEPARTS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WHICH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. ANOTHER ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE AREA WILL SETTLE OVER THE MIDWEST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK BRINGING WITH IT VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND LOW WIND CHILLS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-121200- CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 323 PM CST SUN FEB 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM... ACCUMULATING SNOW AND A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME THE BEST LIKELIHOOD FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION APPEARS TO BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70...WITH SNOW FARTHER NORTH. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT WITH POSSIBLY SOME ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ON TUESDAY AS THE STORM SHIFTS INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY. A FURTHER SHIFT NORTH OF THE STORM TRACK WILL BRING MORE OF A RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW EVENT WITH LESS SNOW ACCUMULATION... WHILE A SHIFT SOUTH IN THE STORM TRACK WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW INTO OUR AREA MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY TUESDAY EVENING AS THE STORM SYSTEM SHIFTS WELL TO OUR EAST. HOWEVER...AS THE LOW DEPARTS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WHICH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF ANY SNOW THAT HAS ACCUMULATED. ANOTHER ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE AREA WILL SETTLE OVER THE MIDWEST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK BRINGING WITH IT VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND LOW WIND CHILLS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HARDIMAN/SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 4:05 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | Clay, Crawford, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 43 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.