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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this winter storm warning at Dec 14, 2007, 3:25 PM CST for 33 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Dec 15, 2007, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 24 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
- Dec 14, 2007, 3:25 PM CST (21:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2007, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2007, 6:11 AM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
All 33 counties
Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence 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, Richland County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.1 | Springfield, IL | OFFICIAL OBSERVATION FOR SPRINGFIELD |
| Dec 15, 6:40 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Springfield, IL | SNOW AMOUNT ESTIMATED AT THE SPRINGFIELD AIRPORT...UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATION |
| Dec 15, 6:41 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Flora, IL | REPORT FROM SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OBSERVER PROGRAM |
| Dec 15, 6:54 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 5 Sse Clay City, IL | COOP OBSERVER REPORT |
| Dec 15, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 4 W Springfield, IL | COCORAHS REPORT |
| Dec 15, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Morrisonville, IL | COOP OBSERVER REPORT |
| Dec 15, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.1 | 5 Se Calhoun, IL | COOP OBSERVER REPORT |
| Dec 15, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Jacksonville, IL | REPORT FROM COOP OBSERVER |
| Dec 15, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.6 | 3 W Edinburg, IL | COCORAHS REPORT |
| Dec 15, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Winchester, IL | COOP OBSERVER REPORT |
| Dec 15, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 2.9 | Riverton, IL | REPORT FROM SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OBSERVER PROGRAM |
| Dec 15, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Lewistown, IL | ESTIMATED 2 INCHES OF SNOW IN LEWISTOWN |
| Dec 15, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Canton, IL | ESTIMATED 2.5 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN CANTON |
| Dec 15, 12:15 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Jacksonville, IL | REPORT FROM COOP OBSERVER |
| Dec 15, 1:30 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Bloomington, IL | |
| Dec 15, 2:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Homer, IL | FREEZING DRIZZLE CAUSING ICING ON UNTREATED SURFACES. REPORT FROM COCORAHS OBSERVER |
| Dec 15, 2:03 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Mattoon, IL | |
| Dec 15, 2:04 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Monticello, IL | LIGHT GLAZE FORMING ON UNTREATED SURFACES. REPORT FROM SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OBSERVER PROGRAM |
| Dec 15, 2:08 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Morton, IL | REPORT FROM SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OBSERVER PROGRAM |
| Dec 15, 2:16 PM CST | SNOW 3.1 | Springfield, IL | OFFICIAL REPORT FOR SPRINGFIELD |
| Dec 15, 2:29 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Gridley, IL | REPORT FROM SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OBSERVER PROGRAM |
| Dec 15, 2:30 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Mattoon, IL | 0.5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE 7 AM. 1.2 INCHES TOTAL. SWOP REPORT. |
| Dec 15, 2:45 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Marietta, IL | REPORT FROM NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVER |
| Dec 15, 2:55 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Lewistown, IL | REPORT FROM NWS COOP OBSERVER |
| Dec 15, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | 2 Ne Cisco, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Dec 15, 3:05 PM CST | SLEET 0.1 | Ogden, IL | STREETS AND SIDEWALKS ARE ICE COVERED. REPORT FROM NWS COOP OBSERVER |
| Dec 15, 3:20 PM CST | SNOW 3.1 | Bloomington, IL | |
| Dec 15, 3:50 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Shelbyville, IL | ICE ACCUMULATION OVER THE PAST HOUR. SWOP REPORT |
| Dec 15, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Lane, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Dec 15, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | 3 Ne Bloomington, IL | |
| Dec 15, 4:12 PM CST | SNOW 2.6 | Canton, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Dec 15, 4:15 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | 8 Wsw South Pekin, IL | |
| Dec 15, 4:21 PM CST | SNOW 3.6 | Petersburg, IL | 1.9 INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE NOON. 3.6 INCHES TOTAL. SWOP REPORT |
| Dec 15, 4:47 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Effingham, IL | MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. GLAZE DEVELOPING ON ELEVATED SURFACES. |
| Dec 15, 4:50 PM CST | SNOW 2.6 | Morton, IL | |
| Dec 15, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Palestine, IL | |
| Dec 15, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Newman, IL | |
| Dec 15, 5:13 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 2 E Urbana, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Dec 15, 5:18 PM CST | SNOW 3.7 | 2 Se Auburn, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Dec 15, 5:20 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 Sw Springfield, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Dec 15, 5:56 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.07 | Martinsville, IL | SWOP REPORT. LIGHT GLAZE ON ELEVATED SURFACES |
| Dec 15, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Hidalgo, IL | |
| Dec 15, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Flora, IL | |
| Dec 15, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Urbana, IL | |
| Dec 15, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 3 Sw Peoria, IL | OFFICIAL PEORIA OBSERVATION. STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Dec 15, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | 2 Ne Cisco, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Dec 15, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Lincoln, IL | STORM TOTAL SO FAR AT NWS ILX. |
| Dec 15, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Bloomington, IL | |
| Dec 15, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 5.2 | Springfield, IL | OFFICIAL SPRINGFIELD OBSERVATION. STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Dec 15, 6:11 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | 1 S Mossville, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Dec 15, 6:28 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 3 Sw Bismarck, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Dec 15, 6:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Peoria, IL | |
| Dec 15, 6:45 PM CST | SNOW 3.7 | Lincoln, IL | |
| Dec 15, 6:59 PM CST | SNOW 4.6 | Rome, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Dec 15, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Windsor, IL | |
| Dec 15, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Decatur, IL | |
| Dec 15, 7:02 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | 8 E Petersburg, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Dec 15, 7:05 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Decatur, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Dec 15, 7:15 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Urbana, IL | FROM ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY. |
| Dec 15, 7:40 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 5 Sw Mackinaw, IL | SWOP REPORT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 978 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 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 142125 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 325 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 ...WINTER STORM THREATENS CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PUSH OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND HEAD TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS ON SATURDAY BRINGING PERIODS OF SNOW TO THE AREA. SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY BEFORE A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. ILZ044>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-150300- /O.NEW.KILX.WS.W.0002.071215T1200Z-071216T1200Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY- RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 325 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW TOMORROW EVENING WITH STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN THE 6 TO 8 INCH RANGE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. 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. $$ ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>051-150300- /O.NEW.KILX.SN.Y.0004.071215T1200Z-071216T1200Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 325 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN 200 AM AND 600 AM SATURDAY MORNING WITH PERIODS OF SNOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA DURING THE MORNING. BY THE TIME THE STORM PULLS OFF TO OUR EAST LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...THE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SMITH
10 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KILX 150241 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 841 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 ...WINTER STORM THREATENS CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY ON SATURDAY AND BRING PERIODS OF SNOW TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY BEFORE A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. ILZ044>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-150700- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.071215T1200Z-071216T1200Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY- RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 841 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW TOMORROW EVENING WITH STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN THE 6 TO 8 INCH RANGE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. 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. $$ ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>051-150700- /O.CON.KILX.SN.Y.0004.071215T1200Z-071216T1200Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 841 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN 200 AM AND 600 AM SATURDAY MORNING WITH PERIODS OF SNOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA DURING THE MORNING. BY THE TIME THE STORM PULLS OFF TO OUR EAST LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...THE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KILX 150542 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1142 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 ...WINTER STORM THREATENS CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY ON SATURDAY AND BRING PERIODS OF SNOW TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY BEFORE A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. ILZ044>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-151000- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.071215T1200Z-071216T1200Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY- RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1142 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW TOMORROW EVENING WITH STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN THE 6 TO 8 INCH RANGE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. 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. $$ ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>051-151000- /O.CON.KILX.SN.Y.0004.071215T1200Z-071216T1200Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 1142 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN 200 AM AND 600 AM SATURDAY MORNING WITH PERIODS OF SNOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA DURING THE MORNING. BY THE TIME THE STORM PULLS OFF TO OUR EAST LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...THE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KILX 151038 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 438 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...WINTER STORM THREATENS CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS IN TWO PHASES TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY ON SATURDAY...BRINGING PERIODS OF SNOW TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY BEFORE A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING. ILZ044>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-151500- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.071215T1200Z-071216T1200Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY- RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 438 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW IS RAPIDLY OVERSPREADING THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR BY LATE MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AND FREEZING DRIZZLE FOR A BRIEF PERIOD THIS AFTERNOON... BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW MOVES IN BY EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT... BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE IN THE 6 TO 8 INCH RANGE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-57 CORRIDOR. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. 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. $$ ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>051-151500- /O.CON.KILX.SN.Y.0004.071215T1200Z-071216T1200Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 438 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW HAS MOVED INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH MIDDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES... HIGHEST ALONG THE I-72 CORRIDOR. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES... WITH AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE... BY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER... ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY LATE AFTERNOON... MOVING INTO THE I-55 CORRIDOR BY EVENING. BY THE TIME THE STORM PULLS OFF TO THE EAST LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...THE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. SHOULD THE STORM SYSTEM TRACK A LITTLE CLOSER TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS... LOCALLY HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR ALONG THE I-55 CORRIDOR LATE TONIGHT. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE PROGRESS OF THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ HARDIMAN
000 WWUS43 KILX 151455 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 855 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...WINTER STORM THREATENS CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS IN TWO PHASES TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY ON SATURDAY...BRINGING PERIODS OF SNOW TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY BEFORE A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING. ILZ044>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-151900- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071216T1200Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY- RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 855 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW IS RAPIDLY OVERSPREADING THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I- 70 CORRIDOR BY LATE MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AND FREEZING DRIZZLE FOR A BRIEF PERIOD THIS AFTERNOON... BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW MOVES IN BY EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT... BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE IN THE 6 TO 8 INCH RANGE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-57 CORRIDOR. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. 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. $$ ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>051-151900- /O.CON.KILX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071216T1200Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 855 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW HAS MOVED INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH MIDDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES... HIGHEST ALONG THE I-72 CORRIDOR. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES... WITH AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE... BY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER... ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY LATE AFTERNOON... MOVING INTO THE I-55 CORRIDOR BY EVENING. BY THE TIME THE STORM PULLS OFF TO THE EAST LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...THE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. SHOULD THE STORM SYSTEM TRACK A LITTLE CLOSER TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS... LOCALLY HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR ALONG THE I- 55 CORRIDOR LATE TONIGHT. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE PROGRESS OF THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KILX 151848 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1248 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...WINTER STORM THREATENS CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS IN TWO PHASES TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY ON SATURDAY...BRINGING PERIODS OF SNOW TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY BEFORE A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING. ILZ044>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-152130- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071216T1200Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY- RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1248 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I- 70 CORRIDOR. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AND FREEZING DRIZZLE FOR A BRIEF PERIOD THIS AFTERNOON... BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW MOVES IN BY EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT... BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE IN THE 6 TO 8 INCH RANGE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-57 CORRIDOR. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. 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. $$ ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>051-152130- /O.CON.KILX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071216T1200Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 1248 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW HAS MOVED INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH MIDDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES... HIGHEST ALONG THE I-72 CORRIDOR. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES... WITH AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE... BY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER... ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY LATE AFTERNOON... MOVING INTO THE I-55 CORRIDOR BY EVENING. BY THE TIME THE STORM PULLS OFF TO THE EAST LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...THE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. SHOULD THE STORM SYSTEM TRACK A LITTLE CLOSER TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS... LOCALLY HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR ALONG THE I- 55 CORRIDOR LATE TONIGHT. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE PROGRESS OF THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KILX 152139 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 339 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...WINTER STORM THREATENS CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS IN TWO PHASES TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY ON SATURDAY...BRINGING PERIODS OF SNOW TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY BEFORE A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL AS BRISK WINDS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE. ILZ027-028-160200- /O.CAN.KILX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071216T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.SB.Y.0002.071215T2139Z-071216T1500Z/ KNOX-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 339 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW HAS MOVED INTO THE AREA TODAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. STORM TOTALS THROUGH SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES...THOUGH MEASURING IN ANY ONE LOCATION WILL BE DIFFICULT. SNOW WILL SLOWLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY EARLY EVENING... MOVING INTO THE I-55 CORRIDOR BY EVENING. BY THE TIME THE STORM PULLS OFF TO THE EAST LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...THE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. INCREASING WINDS THIS EVENING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS. EVEN AS THE SNOW STARTS TO TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH AT TIMES...CAUSING THE SNOW IN OPEN AREAS TO DRIFT...MAKING SNOW CLEARING OPERATIONS A BIT TRICKY. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE PROGRESS OF THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ILZ029>031-036>038-040>043-047>051-160200- /O.UPG.KILX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071216T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071216T1500Z/ PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-SCHUYLER-MASON- LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL... HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 339 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW HAS CONTINUED THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SURFACE SYSTEM IS PUSHING INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW FELL ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. ADDITIONAL SNOW IS ON THE WAY...AND MIXING WITH A BRISK WIND IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE REGION...MOVING INTO THE I-55 CORRIDOR BY EVENING. BY THE TIME THE STORM PULLS OFF TO THE EAST LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...THE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. INCREASING WINDS THIS EVENING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS. EVEN AS THE SNOW STARTS TO TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH AT TIMES...CAUSING THE SNOW IN OPEN AREAS TO DRIFT...MAKING SNOW CLEARING OPERATIONS A BIT TRICKY. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE PROGRESS OF THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ044>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-160200- /O.EXT.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071216T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY- RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 339 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW HAS CONTINUED THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SURFACE SYSTEM IS PUSHING INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW FELL ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. ADDITIONAL SNOW IS ON THE WAY...AND MIXING WITH A BRISK WIND IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE REGION...MOVING INTO THE I-55 CORRIDOR BY EVENING. BY THE TIME THE STORM PULLS OFF TO THE EAST LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...THE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES. AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS SNOW...FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES TOTAL...BUT WILL HAVE THE ADDITIONAL THREAT OF A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...RAIN...AND SNOW WILL MIX AND MAKE A VERY SLUSHY COMBINATION ALONG ALREADY WET SURFACES FROM TODAYS RAIN AND SNOW. USE GREAT CAUTION ALONG THE INTERSTATE AS WELL AS LESS TRAVELED ROADS. INCREASING WINDS THIS EVENING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS. EVEN AS THE SNOW STARTS TO TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH AT TIMES...CAUSING THE SNOW IN OPEN AREAS TO DRIFT...MAKING SNOW CLEARING OPERATIONS A BIT TRICKY. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE PROGRESS OF THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
000 WWUS43 KILX 160109 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 709 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS STORM WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE AS WELL THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. WINDS SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TONIGHT AND WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. ILZ029>031-036>038-040>043-047>051-160515- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071216T1500Z/ PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-SCHUYLER-MASON- LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL... HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 709 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 6 HOURS. SNOWFALL RATES AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES BY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. INCREASING WINDS THIS EVENING WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ044>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-160515- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071216T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY- RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 709 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES EXPECTED BETWEEN 9 PM AND 3 AM. SNOWFALL RATES AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW MIX ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATER THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES BY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES BY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH. INCREASING WINDS THIS EVENING WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ027-028-160515- /O.CON.KILX.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071216T1500Z/ KNOX-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 709 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 6 HOURS. SNOWFALL RATES APPROACHING AN INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES BY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. INCREASING WINDS THIS EVENING WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ BAK
000 WWUS43 KILX 160606 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1206 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS STORM WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TONIGHT. WINDS SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. ILZ029>031-036>038-040>043-047>051-161015- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071216T1500Z/ PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-SCHUYLER-MASON- LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL... HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 1206 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT...THOUGH THE INTENSITY WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SNOWFALL RATES AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES BY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. INCREASING WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ044>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-161015- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071216T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY- RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1206 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT...THOUGH THE INTENSITY WILL DIMINISH AFTER 3 AM. SNOWFALL RATES AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES BY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES BY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. INCREASING WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ027-028-161015- /O.CON.KILX.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071216T1500Z/ KNOX-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 1206 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES BY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. HOWEVER...INCREASING WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ BAK
000 WWUS43 KILX 160920 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 320 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...WINTER STORM GRADUALLY PULLING AWAY FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PULL AWAY FROM THE MIDWEST TODAY... HEADING TOWARD THE EAST COAST. SOME MINOR ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEAR THE INDIANA BORDER...BUT ACCUMULATIONS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW. ILZ029>031-036>038-040>043-047>051-161030- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071216T1500Z/ PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-SCHUYLER-MASON- LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL... HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 320 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE DRIFTING OF SNOW TODAY...BUT NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ ILZ044-052>054-061-161030- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071216T1800Z/ PIATT-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...SHELBYVILLE 320 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE DRIFTING OF SNOW TODAY...BUT NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ ILZ027-028-161030- /O.CAN.KILX.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071216T1500Z/ KNOX-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 320 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE DRIFTING OF SNOW TODAY...BUT NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ ILZ045-046-055>057-062-063-066>068-071>073-161400- /O.EXT.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071216T1400Z/ CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 320 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS MORNING AND ACCUMULATING SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TO END BY 8 AM. AROUND AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES BY MID MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES BY MID MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ BAK
000 WWUS43 KILX 161211 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 611 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...STRONG WINTER STORM EXITING CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PULL AWAY FROM THE MIDWEST TODAY. NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE DRIFTING OF SNOW. ILZ045-046-055>057-062-063-066>068-071>073-161315- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071216T1400Z/ CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 611 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. AS A STRONG WINTER STORM MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA... A FEW LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS MAY AFFECT PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH MID MORNING. NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED... THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER... GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING OF SNOW TODAY... MAKING FOR POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE PROBLEM WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONOUNCED ON SECONDARY ROADS. $$ HARDIMAN
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 Dec 14, 2:36 PM CST, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 2:36 PM CST, 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 236 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 230 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 MAIN WEATHER STORY WILL BE WITH THE APPROACHING STORM SATURDAY AND ITS AFFECTS ON CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. AFTER THAT...WITH A SNOW COVER...TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN ALONG WITH TIMING AND MAGNITUDE OF THE NEXT WX SYSTEM LATE IN THE PERIOD. MODELS CONTINUE WITH A SLOWING TREND WITH THE UPPER LEVEL FEATURE NOW OVER THE 4 CORNERS REGION. AS A RESULT...IT APPEARS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO CLOSE OFF AT H5 RESULTING IN A MUCH BETTER DEFINED DEFORMATION ZONE ACRS OUR AREA LATE SATUDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY...LEADING TO ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL. WL USE A BLEND OF THE GFS AND NAM AT THIS POINT. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT QUIET WEATHER PATTERN TO COME TO AN END LATE TNT AS THE WARM ADVECTION PATTERN OUT AHEAD OF THE MAJOR SHORTWAVE TO OUR SOUTHWEST PRODUCES AN INCREASING AREA OF SNOW WHICH WILL PUSH INTO THE SOUTHWEST AFTR 06Z AND OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE FCST AREAS BY 15Z SATURDAY. IT APPEARS THERE WILL BE TWO WAVES OF SNOW ACRS THE FCST AREA ON SATURDAY...THE FIRST WITH THE WARM ADVECTION/STRONG ISENT ASCENT AND INCRG PVA PATTERN IN THE MORNING AND THEN WITH THE DEVELOPING DEFORMATION ZONE SATURDAY EVENING. FORECAST SOUNDINGS POINTING TO ALL SNOW ACRS MOST OF THE AREA EXCEPT ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR WHERE MODELS SUGGEST WE LOOSE ICE CRYSTAL FORMATION BY MID MORNING LEADING TO A PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SLEET. BUFKIT TIME HEIGHT CROSS SUGGESTING 2 TIME FRAMES WHERE THE DEEP LAYERED OMEGA/LIFT COINCIDES WITH THE DEEPER MOISTURE...SATURDAY MORNING AND AGAIN AFTR 00Z SUNDAY. THIS IS WHERE WE WILL PICK UP OUR MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS...ADVSY CRITERIA (3 TO 5 INCHES) ROUGHLY ALONG AND NW OF INTERSTATE 55...AND WARNING CRITERIA...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 6 TO 8 INCHES TO THE SOUTH BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. BEST QG FORCING ON THE NAM ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEFORMATION ZONE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY INCREASING NORTH WINDS AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM BECOMES NEGATIVELY TILTED AND THE SFC SYSTEM DEEPENS. GFS TRENDING WITH THE SLOWER SOLUTION ALTHOUGH IT HOLDS OFF CLOSING OFF THE UPPER LOW UNTIL IT IS EAST OF OUR AREA LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. AS THE LOW PULLS AWAY ON SUNDAY...WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE MORNING HOURS WITH ANY LINGERING SNOW CHANCES ENDING ACRS THE FAR EAST AND SOUTH EARLY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH IN AND WITH THE NEW SNOW COVER...TEMPS WILL BE AOB GUID VALUES INTO MONDAY DESPITE THE MODELS SHOWING SOME DECENT WARM ADVECTION OCCURRING LATER MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM WHICH IS SLATTED TO TRACK TO OUR NORTH A CLIPPER SYSTEM ON TUESDAY. LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FAIRLY QUICK MOVING SYSTEM WILL PUSH ACRS THE LAKES REGION ON TUESDAY WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF RETURN FLOW AHEAD OF THE FEATURE SO FOR NOW WL LEAVE TUE DRY. TEMPS WARMING TO ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD...BUT STILL AVERAGING SVL DEGREES BELOW MOS GUID DUE TO THE EXPECTED SNOW...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EARLY PORTION OF THE PERIOD. NEXT SIG WAVE TO APPROACH THE MIDWEST LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND HAVE USED MORE OF THE ECMWF SOLUTION WITH THIS FEATURE. STRONGER DYNAMICS SUGGEST ADDING SOME POPS FOR THE WED NIGHT THRU THU NIGHT TIME FRAME WITH SYSTEM CLEARING OUR AREA BY FRIDAY AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE MIDWEST. SMITH/AUTEN && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1205 AM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT...WITH HIGH THEN MID CLOUDS OVER ALL THE TAF SITES TIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME LOWER CLOUDS OVER LAKE MICH COULD ADVECT SOUTHWESTWARD DURING THE EVENING AND AFFECT PIA...BMI AND CMI...BUT DO NOT EXPECT IT TO BECOME BROKEN...SO JUST WENT WITH SCT020 FOR NOW. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN AFTER 09-10Z AT ALL SITES AND HAVE STARTED THIS WITH A TEMPO GROUP. CIGS AND VIS WILL ALSO DROP AS THE SNOW STARTS. THEN APPEARS SNOW WILL START IN ERNEST AROUND 12Z AND EXPECT CIGS AND VIS TO DROP TO IFR AND LIFR CATEGORIES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF TIME. AUTEN && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 12Z SAT TIL 12Z SUN FOR ILZ044>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073 SNOW ADVISORY FROM 12Z SAT TO 12Z SUN ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>051. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 14, 3:17 PM CST, 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 317 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-151200- CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 317 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AS A WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES AND WILL SPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS SUNDAY MORNING. THERE MAY ALSO BE A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXING WITH THE LIGHT SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON...CAUSING MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ044>046-052>057-061-151200- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-MACON-MOULTRIE-PIATT- SHELBY-VERMILION- 317 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AS A WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES AND WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS SUNDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>051-151200- CASS-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD- MORGAN-PEORIA-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 317 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AS A WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES AND WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS SUNDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. AUTEN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 14, 11:58 AM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1158 AM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-142100- 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-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1158 AM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS WEEKEND... A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES THIS AFTERNOON WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES...AND IS EXPECTED TO BE CENTERED ACROSS TENNESSEE BY SATURDAY EVENING. WINTRY WEATHER WILL EXTEND WELL NORTH FROM THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM...AND WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT. THIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. CURRENT PROJECTIONS INDICATE THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL FROM THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH OF I-72. FIVE TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM AROUND MATTOON AND CHARLESTON SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...WHERE THERE WILL ALSO BE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR A TIME LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. AREAS CLOSER TO THE I-72 CORRIDOR ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES OR LESS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED. SLIGHT CHANGES IN EXPECTED STORM TRACKS CAN RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN AMOUNTS AND LOCATIONS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. GEELHART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 3:25 PM CST | Snow Advisory | ILX | Cass, DeWitt, Fulton, Knox, Logan, McLean and 11 more | 24 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.