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Blowing Snow Advisory 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

January 22, 20088 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this blowing snow advisory at Jan 22, 2008, 5:01 AM CST for 8 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 22, 2008, 5:01 AM CST (11:01 UTC)
Expired: Jan 22, 2008, 9:00 AM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL

Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Marshall County, IL, McLean County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this blowing snow advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blowing snow advisory went out at Jan 22, 4:55 AM CST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 4:55 AM CST, 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 21, 11:25 PM CST, 5 hours 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 22, 1:05 AM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 22, 5:05 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ILX	Cass, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Mason, Menard and 4 more	4 hr

Nearby

Blowing Snow Advisories in Illinois, 2008 Every blowing snow advisory in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.