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Ice Storm Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this ice storm warning at Dec 17, 2008, 3:13 PM CST for 14 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Dec 18, 2008, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 20 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 17, 2008, 3:13 PM CST (21:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 18, 2008, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2008, 10:40 AM CST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Cass County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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 18, 6:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Rushville, IL | MODERATE FREEZING RAIN AND 24 DEGREES |
| Dec 18, 6:01 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 2 S Philadelphia, IL | FREEZING RAIN COVERING ALL OUTDOOR SURFACES. 28 DEGREES. |
| Dec 18, 6:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Petersburg, IL | FREEZING RAIN AND 26 DEGREES. |
| Dec 18, 6:45 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Canton, IL | LIGHT FREEZING RAIN JUST STARTED |
| Dec 18, 7:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Mount Pulaski, IL | FREEZING RAIN COATING CARS |
| Dec 18, 7:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Yates City, IL | FREEZING RAIN JUST STARTED |
| Dec 18, 7:10 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Lane, IL | FREEZING RAIN JUST STARTED. 26 DEGREES. |
| Dec 18, 7:10 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Lincoln, IL | FREEZING RAIN JUST STARTED |
| Dec 18, 7:15 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 1 Se Pekin, IL | FREEZING RAIN JUST STARTED |
| Dec 18, 7:20 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Castleton, IL | FREEZING RAIN JUST STARTED |
| Dec 18, 7:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 2 Nw Mackinaw, IL | FREEZING RAIN JUST STARTED |
| Dec 18, 7:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Morton, IL | FREEZING RAIN JUST STARTED |
| Dec 18, 7:40 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 1 N Peoria, IL | FREEZING RAIN JUST STARTED |
| Dec 18, 7:45 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Deer Creek, IL | FREEZING RAIN JUST STARTED |
| Dec 18, 7:48 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 8 E Petersburg, IL | LIGHT ICE COATING ON ALL OUTDOOR SURFACES. 26 DEGREES. |
| Dec 18, 7:55 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.06 | Farmington, IL | MEASURED 1/16 INCH OF ICE |
| Dec 18, 7:57 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 2 N Germantown Hills, IL | FREEZING RAIN AND 20 DEGREES |
| Dec 18, 8:02 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Princeville, IL | GLAZE DEVELOPING ON ALL SURFACES. 21 DEGREES. |
| Dec 18, 8:10 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Pekin, IL | ONE TENTH INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. STILL FALLING. |
| Dec 18, 8:15 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Normal, IL | FREEZING RAIN WITH ROADS BECOMING SLICK. REPORTED FROM NORMAL PD AND RELAYED BY EOC. |
| Dec 18, 8:20 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 3 Ne Bloomington, IL | LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET STARTED JUST AFTER 8 PM. 19 DEGREES AT 745 PM...23 DEGREES AT 820 PM. |
| Dec 18, 8:40 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Lincoln, IL | MEASURED AT LINCOLN NWS OFFICE. |
| Dec 18, 8:40 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Mount Pulaski, IL | |
| Dec 18, 8:50 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 3 Wnw Farmer City, IL | CURRENT FREEZING RAIN. PREVIOUS 0.1 INCH OF SNOWFALL OVER PAST TWO HOURS. |
| Dec 18, 8:56 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Lane, IL | STILL RAINING. EVERYTHING ICE COVERED.SWOP. |
| Dec 18, 9:18 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Peoria, IL | HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET FALLING IN NORTH PEORIA. |
| Dec 18, 9:31 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 2 Nw Mackinaw, IL | 0.2 INCH OF FREEZING RAIN MEASURED WITH FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING AT THIS TIME. |
| Dec 18, 9:35 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Peoria, IL | FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIX. |
| Dec 18, 9:36 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Manito, IL | FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL WITH BETWEEN 0.1 AN 0.2 INCH AMOUNTS MEASURED. COCORAHS |
| Dec 18, 9:43 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 1 S Mossville, IL | TEMPERATURE 22 DEGREES. SWOP |
| Dec 18, 9:52 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 3 Ne Victoria, IL | ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN MEASURED AND REPORTED BY GALVA CITY ESDA. |
| Dec 18, 9:55 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 2 Ene Bloomington, IL | SIDEWALKS AND SECONDARY ROADS A SHEET OF ICE. OBSERVER ALSO A NWS EMPLOYEE. |
| Dec 18, 10:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.15 | Petersburg, IL | |
| Dec 18, 10:02 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Altona, IL | FREEZING RAIN ENDED ABOUT 830 PM. NOW, JUST SLEET WITH ABOUT 0.3 INCH ACCUMULATION SLEET ON GROUND. TEMPERATURE 23 DEGREES. |
| Dec 18, 10:02 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Mount Pulaski, IL | FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. SEEMS TO BE PUDDLING RATHER THAN FREEZING. |
| Dec 18, 10:10 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | 2 N Germantown Hills, IL | ESTIMATED LESS THAN A TENTH OF FREEZING RAIN WITH SLEET MIXED IN. TEMPERATURE IS 26 DEGREES. SWOP |
| Dec 18, 10:12 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Pekin, IL | |
| Dec 18, 10:21 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | 2 Nw Elmira, IL | GLAZE OF ICE ON SURFACES WITH HEAVY SLEET CURRENTLY FALLING. |
| Dec 18, 10:27 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Deer Creek, IL | REPORTED BY TAZEWELL COUNTY TRAINED SPOTTER. |
| Dec 18, 10:40 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Galesburg, IL | FREEZING RAIN FOR ABOUT 1 HOURS FOLLOWED BY 1.5 HOURS OF SLEET WITH 0.3 OF AN INCH ON THE GROUND. 28 DEGREES CURRENT TEMPERATURE. |
| Dec 18, 11:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Morton, IL | REPORTED VIA ESPOTTER. |
| Dec 18, 11:12 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Eureka, IL | REPORTS OF POWER OUT IN GOODFIELD. SWOP |
| Dec 18, 11:31 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | 2 Nw Mackinaw, IL | ROADS ARE VERY SLICK. |
| Dec 18, 11:46 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 2 S Philadelphia, IL | TEMP 32 DEGREES. SWOP |
| Dec 19, 12:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.15 | Germantown Hills, IL | REPORTS OF SNOW PLOWS IN DITCH AT 930 PM, IMPASSABLE ROADS, POWER OUTAGES IN METAMORA AND GERMANTOWN HILLS. |
| Dec 19, 12:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Galesburg, IL | |
| Dec 19, 12:11 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Canton, IL | 8 TO 10 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN. SWOP |
| Dec 19, 12:14 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | 2 S Philadelphia, IL | THUNDER HEARD. TEMP 32.7 DEGREES. SWOP |
| Dec 19, 12:36 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Le Roy, IL | |
| Dec 19, 12:50 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 2 Ne Bloomington, IL | TEMP 31 DEGREES. LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING OVER PAST 30 MINUTES. COCORAHS. |
| Dec 19, 12:50 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Canton, IL | HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES. POWER FLASHES AND LARGE LIMBS AND TREES BREAKING. SWOP. |
| Dec 19, 12:57 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Lincoln, IL | |
| Dec 19, 1:13 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 2 N Germantown Hills, IL | POWER OUTAGE IN TOWN WITH HEAVY FREEZING RAIN. |
| Dec 19, 1:29 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Mount Pulaski, IL | |
| Dec 19, 1:32 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Le Roy, IL | 0.10 OF NEW ICE ACCUMULATION. 0.30 TOTAL ACCUMULATION. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WITH SMALL TREE BRANCHES DOWN. ROADS IN TOWN DANGEROUS. |
| Dec 19, 2:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Bloomington, IL | MULTIPLE POWER OUTAGES ACROSS COUNTY. CITIES INCLUDE COLFAX, SHIRLEY, COOKSVILLE AND HEYWORTH. |
| Dec 19, 2:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Pekin, IL | QUARTER INCH OF ICE ON ALL SURFACES AND TREES. TWO 20 FOOT EVERGREEN TREES DOWN. |
| Dec 19, 2:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | 2 Ne Bloomington, IL | ACCUMULATION SINCE 8PM. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN STILL OCCURRING. |
| Dec 19, 2:43 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Le Roy, IL | ONE TENTH OF NEW ICE ACCUMULATION. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION 0.40. GROUND COVERED WITH TREE BRANCHES. WIRES FALLING FROM WEIGHT OF ICE. SEMI OVERTURNED ON I-55 NEW LEXINGTON AREA. |
| Dec 19, 2:45 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Mount Pulaski, 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 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 90 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 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 172113 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 313 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...ICE STORM HEADING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... .THE COMBINATION OF COLD AIR IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION AND AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO ICING ACROSS THE AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION MAY BRIEFLY START AS SLEET...WARM AIR ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION TO RAIN. AS THE RAIN PASSES THROUGH FREEZING CONDITIONS NEAR THE SURFACE AND ENCOUNTERS THE COLD GROUND...ICE WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THE WARM AIR WILL GRADUALLY WORK ITS WAY TO THE SURFACE AND BEGIN TO MELT THE ICE. THE WARMER CONDITIONS SHOULD MOVE AS FAR AS NORTH AS SPRINGFIELD AND DECATUR BEFORE SUNRISE AND THEN SPREAD OVER MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. RAINFALL RATES MAY BECOME QUITE HEAVY AT TIMES THURSDAY EVENING ALONG AND NORTH OF A BEARDSTOWN TO BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL LINE. LOCALIZED ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH MAY BE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA...WHICH INCLUDES THE CITY OF PEORIA. ILZ027>031-036>038-180115- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0007.081218T2100Z-081219T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.IS.W.0001.081218T2100Z-081219T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL 313 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WARNING AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING FRIDAY MORNING...CHANGING ANY REMAINING FREEZING RAIN OVER TO RAIN. HOWEVER...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO RAIN...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE. SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY SEE AS MUCH AS THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ040>043-047-048-180115- /O.NEW.KILX.IS.W.0001.081218T2100Z-081219T1800Z/ SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN 313 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WARNING AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND LINGER INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...CHANGING ANY REMAINING FREEZING RAIN OVER TO RAIN. HOWEVER...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO RAIN...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ049>057-061>063-066-180115- /O.NEW.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.081218T2100Z-081219T1200Z/ SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM 313 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY FRIDAY MORNING...CHANGING ANY REMAINING FREEZING RAIN OVER TO RAIN. HOWEVER...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO RAIN...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ044>046-180115- /O.NEW.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.081218T2100Z-081219T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 313 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING FRIDAY MORNING...CHANGING ANY REMAINING FREEZING RAIN OVER TO RAIN. HOWEVER...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO RAIN...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
13 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KILX 180119 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 719 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...ICE STORM HEADING FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047-048-180530- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0001.081218T2100Z-081219T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN 719 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE LIKELY WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH POSSIBLE ON ALL EXPOSED SURFACES. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE 32 DEGREES AROUND MIDDAY FRIDAY...WHICH WILL CHANGE THE FREEZING RAIN TO ALL RAIN. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ049>057-061>063-066-180530- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.081218T2100Z-081219T1200Z/ SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM 719 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR LIGHT ICING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON EXPOSED SURFACES MAY REACH ONE QUARTER INCH. SURFACE TEMPERATURES SHOULD THEN RISE ABOVE FREEZING TOWARD DAWN FRIDAY MORNING...CHANGING ANY REMAINING FREEZING RAIN OVER TO RAIN. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ044>046-180530- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.081218T2100Z-081219T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 719 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR LIGHT ICING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON EXPOSED SURFACES MAY REACH ONE QUARTER INCH. SURFACE TEMPERATURES SHOULD THEN RISE ABOVE FREEZING FRIDAY MORNING...CHANGING ANY REMAINING FREEZING RAIN OVER TO RAIN. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CHURCHILL
000 WWUS43 KILX 180501 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1101 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...ICE STORM HEADING FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047-048-180930- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0001.081218T2100Z-081219T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN 1101 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE LIKELY WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON ALL EXPOSED SURFACES. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE 32 DEGREES AROUND MIDDAY FRIDAY...WHICH WILL CHANGE THE FREEZING RAIN TO ALL RAIN. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ049>057-061>063-066-180930- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.081218T2100Z-081219T1200Z/ SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM 1101 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR LIGHT ICING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON EXPOSED SURFACES MAY REACH ONE QUARTER INCH. SURFACE TEMPERATURES SHOULD THEN RISE ABOVE FREEZING TOWARD DAWN FRIDAY MORNING...CHANGING ANY REMAINING FREEZING RAIN OVER TO RAIN. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ044>046-180930- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.081218T2100Z-081219T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 1101 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR LIGHT ICING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON EXPOSED SURFACES MAY REACH ONE QUARTER INCH. SURFACE TEMPERATURES SHOULD THEN RISE ABOVE FREEZING FRIDAY MORNING...CHANGING ANY REMAINING FREEZING RAIN OVER TO RAIN. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ 25
000 WWUS43 KILX 180928 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 328 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...ICE STORM HEADING FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047-048-181330- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0001.081218T2100Z-081219T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN 328 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE LIKELY WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON ALL EXPOSED SURFACES. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE 32 DEGREES EARLY FRIDAY...WHICH WILL CHANGE THE LINGERING FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ049>057-061>063-066-181330- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.081218T2100Z-081219T1200Z/ SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM 328 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON EXPOSED SURFACES MAY REACH ONE QUARTER INCH. SURFACE TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING LATE TONIGHT...CHANGING ANY REMAINING FREEZING RAIN OVER TO RAIN. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ044>046-181330- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.081218T2100Z-081219T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 328 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON EXPOSED SURFACES MAY REACH ONE QUARTER INCH. SURFACE TEMPERATURES SHOULD THEN ABOVE FREEZING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...CHANGING ANY REMAINING FREEZING RAIN OVER TO RAIN. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BAK
000 WWUS43 KILX 181326 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 726 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...ICE STORM HEADING FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047-048-181800- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0001.081218T2100Z-081219T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN 726 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE LIKELY WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON ALL EXPOSED SURFACES. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE 32 DEGREES EARLY FRIDAY...WHICH WILL CHANGE THE LINGERING FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ049>057-061>063-066-181800- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.081218T2100Z-081219T1200Z/ SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM 726 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON EXPOSED SURFACES MAY REACH ONE QUARTER INCH. SURFACE TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING LATE TONIGHT...CHANGING ANY REMAINING FREEZING RAIN OVER TO RAIN. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ044>046-181800- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.081218T2100Z-081219T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 726 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON EXPOSED SURFACES MAY REACH ONE QUARTER INCH. SURFACE TEMPERATURES SHOULD THEN ABOVE FREEZING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...CHANGING ANY REMAINING FREEZING RAIN OVER TO RAIN. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BAK
000 WWUS43 KILX 181751 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1151 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...ICE STORM HEADING FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047-048-182200- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0001.081218T2100Z-081219T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN 1151 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE LIKELY WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON ALL EXPOSED SURFACES. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE 32 DEGREES EARLY FRIDAY...WHICH WILL CHANGE THE LINGERING FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ049>057-061>063-066-182200- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.081218T2100Z-081219T1200Z/ SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM 1151 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON EXPOSED SURFACES MAY REACH ONE QUARTER INCH. SURFACE TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING LATE TONIGHT...CHANGING ANY REMAINING FREEZING RAIN OVER TO RAIN. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ044>046-182200- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.081218T2100Z-081219T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 1151 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON EXPOSED SURFACES MAY REACH ONE QUARTER INCH. SURFACE TEMPERATURES SHOULD THEN ABOVE FREEZING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...CHANGING ANY REMAINING FREEZING RAIN OVER TO RAIN. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KILX 182115 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 315 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...ICE STORM HEADING FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047-048-190200- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN 315 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL OCCUR...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF AN INCH. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING TOWARD DAWN...WHICH WILL CHANGE THE FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ049>057-061>063-066-190200- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1200Z/ SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM 315 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN PERSIST UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT...WHICH WILL CHANGE THE FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ044>046-190200- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 315 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN PERSIST UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT...WHICH WILL CHANGE THE FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KILX 190110 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 710 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN RAPIDLY OVERSPREADING CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047-048-190500- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN 710 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE SPREADING NORTHEASTWARD AND WILL ENVELOP THE ENTIRE AREA BEFORE MIDNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALREADY BEING REPORTED SOUTHWEST OF A CANTON TO DECATUR TO ROBINSON LINE. TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 20S WILL RISE VERY SLOWLY...HOWEVER WILL REMAIN BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF INCH. POWER LINES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS MAY FALL...AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL AROUND DAWN. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ049>057-061>063-066-190500- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1200Z/ SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM 710 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR LIGHT ICING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN HAS BEGUN AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALREADY BEING REPORTED SOUTHWEST OF A CANTON TO DECATUR TO ROBINSON LINE. TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S WILL RISE VERY SLOWLY...HOWEVER WILL REMAIN BELOW THE FREEZING MARK UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE. EVEN AFTER THE TEMPERATURES REACH 32 DEGREES...ICED UP SURFACES WILL TAKE TIME TO MELT...SO ROADS MAY REMAIN SLICK DURING THE OVERNIGHT AS WELL. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ044>046-190500- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 710 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR LIGHT ICING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS OVERSPREADING EASTERN ILLINOIS AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALREADY BEING REPORTED FURTHER SOUTHWEST...AND THESE CONDITIONS WILL BECOME COMMON OVER ALL OF THE AREA. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S WILL RISE VERY SLOWLY...HOWEVER WILL REMAIN BELOW THE FREEZING MARK UNTIL AT LEAST DAWN. THIS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CHURCHILL
000 WWUS43 KILX 190344 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 944 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047-048-190700- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN 944 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED OVER MANY LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST OF A GALESBURG TO CLINTON LINE. ROADWAYS ARE HAZARDOUS. THUNDERSTORMS WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE ALSO OCCURRING OVER NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...WHICH WILL SPREAD INTO NORTH-CENTRAL ILLINOIS TONIGHT. THIS WILL ACT TO ENHANCE THE FREEZING RAIN RATES IN SOME SPOTS. ONE THIRD TO ONE HALF INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICING TONIGHT MAY CAUSE DOWNED POWER LINES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS. TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S OVER THE AREA AND WILL REMAIN BELOW THE FREEZING MARK THROUGH MOST OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ049>057-061>063-066-190700- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1200Z/ SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM 944 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE RISING VERY SLOWLY OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WITH JACKSONVILLE UP TO 32 DEGREES AND THE SPRINGFIELD/TAYLORVILLE/SHELBYVILLE AREAS REPORTING 30 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES OVER THESE AREAS SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING AROUND MIDNIGHT OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER. ALTHOUGH THIS WILL END THE ADDITIONAL GLAZING...IT WILL TAKE A WHILE FOR THE ICE THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN TO MELT AWAY. THEREFORE ROADS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS UNLESS NECESSARY. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ044>046-190700- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 944 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S...AND WILL REMAIN BELOW THE FREEZING MARK THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GLAZING OF EXPOSED SURFACES HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED AND TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT. ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME HAZARDOUS. DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS UNLESS NECESSARY. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CHURCHILL
000 WWUS43 KILX 190704 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 104 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047-048-191100- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN 104 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO THREE TENTHS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED OVER MANY LOCATIONS. ROADWAYS ARE HAZARDOUS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE ALSO OCCURRING OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WHICH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL ACT TO ENHANCE THE FREEZING RAIN RATES IN SOME SPOTS. ONE THIRD TO ONE HALF INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICING TONIGHT MAY CAUSE DOWNED POWER LINES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS. TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 OVER THE AREA AND WILL REMAIN JUST BELOW THE FREEZING MARK THROUGH MOST OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ049>057-061>063-066-191100- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1200Z/ SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM 104 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE RISING VERY SLOWLY OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WITH MANY LOCATIONS UP TO 32 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES OVER THESE AREAS SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING IN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS. ALTHOUGH THIS WILL END THE ADDITIONAL GLAZING...IT WILL TAKE A WHILE FOR THE ICE THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN TO MELT AWAY. THEREFORE ROADS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS UNLESS NECESSARY. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ044>046-191100- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 104 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY AROUND 30...AND WILL REMAIN JUST BELOW THE FREEZING MARK THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GLAZING OF EXPOSED SURFACES HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED AND TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH WILL BE LIKELY OVERNIGHT. ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME HAZARDOUS. DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS UNLESS NECESSARY. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ AUTEN
000 WWUS43 KILX 191127 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 527 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047-048-191530- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN 527 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. FREEZING RAIN HAS BEGUN TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MANY LOCATIONS. ROADWAYS ARE HAZARDOUS. LARGE TREE LIMBS ARE DOWN AND MANY AREAS ARE WITHOUT POWER THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED TO RIGHT AROND THE FREEZING MARK AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THE MORNING. HOWEVER...IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE ICE TO MELT AND ROADWAYS TO BECOME FREE OF ICE AND SNOW...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ049>057-061>063-066-191230- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1200Z/ SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM 527 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN HAS DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS HAVE REMAINED AT AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OR LESS ACROSS THE AREA. TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED TO ABOVE FREEZING AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THE MORNING. HOWEVER...IT COULD STILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE ICE TO MELT AND ROADWAYS TO BECOME FREE OF ICE AND SNOW...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ044>046-191530- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 527 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. FREEZING RAIN HAS DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS HAVE REMAINED AT LESS THAN ON QUARTER OF AN INCH ACROSS THE AREA. TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED TO NEAR FREEZING AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THE MORNING. HOWEVER...IT COULD STILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE ICE TO MELT AND ROADWAYS TO BECOME FREE OF ICE AND SNOW...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ AUTEN
000 WWUS43 KILX 191209 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 609 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ILZ049>057-061>063-066-191315- /O.EXP.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1200Z/ SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM 609 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA HAVE RISEN TO ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK EARLY THIS MORNING AND ALL PRECIPITATION IS IN THE FORM OF RAIN. WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING...THE ICE THAT ACCUMULATED LAST NIGHT SHOULD BEGIN TO MELT. THE MELTING WILL CREATE SLUSHY ROAD CONDITIONS...WHICH COULD STILL BE SLICK AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...FALLING ICE FROM TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES COULD BE A HAZARD. THEREFORE RESIDENTS SHOULD STILL REMAIN CAUTIOUS WHILE WALKING OR DRIVING THIS MORNING. $$ ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047-048-191615- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN 609 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. FREEZING RAIN HAS BEGUN TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MANY LOCATIONS. ROADWAYS ARE HAZARDOUS. LARGE TREE LIMBS ARE DOWN AND MANY AREAS ARE WITHOUT POWER THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED TO RIGHT AROND THE FREEZING MARK AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THE MORNING. HOWEVER...IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE ICE TO MELT AND ROADWAYS TO BECOME FREE OF ICE AND SNOW...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ILZ044>046-191615- /O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 609 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. FREEZING RAIN HAS DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS HAVE REMAINED AT LESS THAN ON QUARTER OF AN INCH ACROSS THE AREA. TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED TO NEAR FREEZING AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THE MORNING. HOWEVER...IT COULD STILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE ICE TO MELT AND ROADWAYS TO BECOME FREE OF ICE AND SNOW...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ AUTEN
000 WWUS43 KILX 191334 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 734 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ILZ042-043-047-048-191445- /O.CAN.KILX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LINCOLN 734 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE ICE STORM WARNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED TO ABOVE FREEZING AND MELTING HAS BEGUN ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...THE MELTING WILL CREATE SLUSHY ROADWAYS WHICH CAN STILL BE SLICK AT TIMES. $$ ILZ044>046-191445- /O.CAN.KILX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 734 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED TO ABOVE FREEZING AND MELTING HAS BEGUN ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...THE MELTING WILL CREATE SLUSHY ROADWAYS WHICH CAN STILL BE SLICK AT TIMES. $$ ILZ027>031-036>038-040-041-191800- /O.CON.KILX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA 734 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. FREEZING RAIN HAS DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MANY LOCATIONS. ROADWAYS ARE HAZARDOUS. LARGE TREE LIMBS ARE DOWN AND MANY AREAS ARE WITHOUT POWER THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED TO AROUND FREEZING AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THE MORNING. HOWEVER...IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE ICE TO MELT AND ROADWAYS TO BECOME FREE OF ICE AND SNOW...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ AUTEN
000 WWUS43 KILX 191640 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1040 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ILZ027>031-036>038-040-041-191745- /O.CAN.KILX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA 1040 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE ICE STORM WARNING. FREEZING RAIN HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...AS THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION HAS LIFTED WELL TO THE NORTHEAST. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING...CAUSING THE ICE TO BEGIN TO MELT SOMEWHAT. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BRING COLDER AIR BACK INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO FALL BACK BELOW FREEZING. WET AND SLUSHY ROADS WILL LIKELY RE-FREEZE...SO MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION. $$ BARNES
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this ice storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this ice storm warning went out at Dec 17, 2:47 PM CST, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 2:47 PM CST, 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 247 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 247 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 BIG CHALLENGE THIS PACKAGE REVOLVES AROUND ICE STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT PARTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE EVOLUTION OF THIS STORM WITH THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE REFLECTED BY THE THERMAL PROFILE BETWEEN THE COLDER NAM/ECMWF AND WARMER GFS. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE STATE TONIGHT ENDING THE PERIOD OF SCATTERED FLURRIES ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES. COLD AIR MASS IS RELATIVELY SHALLOW AS EVIDENCED BY KILX SOUNDING THIS MORNING WITH A 13C DROP BELOW 850 MB INTO THE BOUNDARY LAYER. A STRONG REINFORCEMENT OF THE HIGH WILL MOVE ACROSS ONTARIO THURSDAY INTENSIFYING COLD AND DRY EASTERLY FLOW AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL BECOME QUITE STRONG THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT TRANSPORTING TEMPS WELL ABOVE 5C ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL LAG BEHIND PARTICULARLY WITH THE REINFORCEMENT OF COLD AND DRY EAST WINDS. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN. THE LENGTH OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE WARMING AT LOW LEVELS. ICING WILL LIKELY BEGIN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND THEN RAINFALL RATES SHOULD INCREASE DURING THE EVENING AS THE BEST DYNAMICS FOCUS ON THE REGION. STRONG LIFT AT 06Z COMBINED WITH 850MB FRONTOGENETIC FORCING AND EVEN SOME NEGATIVE EPV WHICH COULD BE INDICATIVE OF A THUNDER POSSIBILITY AS DISCUSSED IN THE SPC DAY 2 OUTLOOK. ICE AMOUNTS SHOULD RANGE FROM A TENTH OF AN INCH NEAR I-70 TO TWO- TENTHS OF AN INCH ALONG INTERSTATE 72...MAINLY DURING THE EVENING. FURTHER NORTH...AMOUNTS MAY LOCALLY EXCEED A HALF INCH NORTH OF INTERSTATE 74 WEST OF BLOOMINGTON. GIVEN THE LOWER HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION OF THE GFS AS SHOWN BY THE CURRENT DEPICTION OF BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPS 5-10F TOO WARM ALREADY. NAM IS BEING USED AS THE PREFERRED MODEL WITH THIS SYSTEM. TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING NEAR INTERSTATE 70 BY MIDDLE EVENING...BY MIDNIGHT ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REACH NEAR U.S. HIGHWAY 36. TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING THROUGHOUT CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY 9 AM FRIDAY. LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... THE TRAIN OF SYSTEMS CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHING SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE FOR THIS STORM APPEARS TO BE CUT-OFF FURTHER SOUTHEAST WHICH SHOULD KEEP US ALSO IN THE COLD AIR LEADING TO PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW. ALTHOUGH DYNAMICS SHOULD BE IMPRESSIVE...LACK OF MOISTURE SHOULD LIMIT ANY SNOW AMOUNTS TO A FEW INCHES AT BEST. NEXT STORM MOVES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT BRINGING ANOTHER QUICK CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. WITH REINFORCEMENT OF COLD AIR BEHIND EACH OF THESE SYSTEMS... TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THROUGH WEDNESDAY. BARKER && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1124 AM CST WED DEC 17 2008 PLENTY OF HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON...AS THE REGION REMAINS UNDER A BROAD SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW REGIME. PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS STILL PERSIST ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA...WITH BOTH KPIA AND KBMI REPORTING CEILINGS AROUND 1500FT. THESE CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR OUT AS THE DAY GOES ON...LEAVING BEHIND ONLY HIGH CLOUDS ABOVE 12000FT. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND WESTERLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN WILL DROP OFF AND GO VARIABLE TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVERHEAD. AFTER THAT...WINDS WILL BACK TO SOUTHEASTERLY BY THURSDAY MORNING...WHILE MID-LEVEL CLOUDS INCREASE AND THICKEN ACROSS THE AREA. BARNES && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ICE STORM WARNING FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY FOR ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047-048. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR ILZ049>057-061>063-066. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY FOR ILZ044>046. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 17, 3:11 PM CST, 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 311 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047-048-181200- CASS-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD- PEORIA-SCHUYLER-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 311 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THEN PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH WILL BE LIKELY. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED ACROSS THIS AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ049>057-061>063-066-181200- CHRISTIAN-CLARK-COLES-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-MACON- MORGAN-MOULTRIE-SANGAMON-SCOTT-SHELBY- 311 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THEN GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AS WARMER AIR MOVES NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE LIKELY BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO RAIN. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ044>046-181200- CHAMPAIGN-PIATT-VERMILION- 311 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THEN GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AS WARMER AIR MOVES NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE LIKELY BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO RAIN. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ067-068-071>073-181200- CLAY-CRAWFORD-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 311 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION TYPE THURSDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. BARNES
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 17, 12:57 PM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1257 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1252 PM SNOW GRIDLEY 40.74N 88.88W
12/17/2008 M2.5 INCH MCLEAN IL MESONET
DELAYED REPORT OF SNOW THROUGH 7 AM.
&&
GOETSCHLocal storm report, Dec 17, 12:58 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1258 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 AM SNOW GALESBURG 40.95N 90.38W
12/17/2008 M3.6 INCH KNOX IL MESONET
0615 AM SNOW OGDEN 40.12N 87.96W
12/17/2008 M0.7 INCH CHAMPAIGN IL MESONET
0.13 INCHES WATER EQUIVALENT.
0615 AM FREEZING RAIN WATSON 39.03N 88.57W
12/17/2008 E0.00 INCH EFFINGHAM IL MESONET
ICY CONDITIONS...0.05 INCHES OF ICE ON OBJECTS. SNOW
DEPTH 0.20 INCHES.
0700 AM SNOW ATHENS 39.96N 89.72W
12/17/2008 M1.4 INCH MENARD IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW HOOPESTON 40.47N 87.67W
12/17/2008 M0.8 INCH VERMILION IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW JACKSONVILLE 39.73N 90.23W
12/17/2008 M1.6 INCH MORGAN IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW LEWISTOWN 40.40N 90.16W
12/17/2008 M2.2 INCH FULTON IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW LOAMI 39.67N 89.85W
12/17/2008 M2.0 INCH SANGAMON IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW MARIETTA 40.50N 90.39W
12/17/2008 M1.8 INCH FULTON IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW PRINCEVILLE 40.93N 89.76W
12/17/2008 M2.3 INCH PEORIA IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW SPRINGFIELD 39.78N 89.64W
12/17/2008 M1.3 INCH SANGAMON IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW MINONK 40.90N 89.04W
12/17/2008 M1.7 INCH WOODFORD IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW PEORIA 40.74N 89.61W
12/17/2008 M3.0 INCH PEORIA IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW ALTONA 41.12N 90.16W
12/17/2008 M2.6 INCH KNOX IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0714 AM SNOW 2 SE DUNLAP 40.84N 89.65W
12/17/2008 M2.0 INCH PEORIA IL MESONET
0725 AM SNOW SPRINGFIELD 39.78N 89.64W
12/17/2008 M1.4 INCH SANGAMON IL MESONET
1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF JEROME...24 HOUR TOTAL...FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET. WATER EQUIVALENT 0.16.
0728 AM SNOW 3 W BISMARCK 40.27N 87.66W
12/17/2008 M1.2 INCH VERMILION IL MESONET
FREEZING RAIN ON TOP OF SNOW. 0.23 INCH WATER EQUIVALENT.
0748 AM SNOW CHATHAM 39.67N 89.70W
12/17/2008 M1.2 INCH SANGAMON IL MESONET
FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW...24 HOUR TOTAL 1.2 SNOW.
WATER EQUIVALENT 0.14 INCHES.
0805 AM SNOW 1 S MANITO 40.41N 89.78W
12/17/2008 M1.0 INCH MASON IL MESONET
0805 AM SNOW 1 S MANITO 40.41N 89.78W
12/17/2008 E1.0 INCH MASON IL MESONET
1252 PM SNOW GRIDLEY 40.74N 88.88W
12/17/2008 M2.5 INCH MCLEAN IL MESONET
DELAYED REPORT OF SNOW THROUGH 7 AM.
&&
THE TOTALS BELOW ARE SEPARATED INTO SNOW...AND ICE AND SLEET
CATEGORIES...THEN BY AMOUNT...AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE
FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION.
SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT...
INCHES LOCATION COUNTY TIME
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3.60 GALESBURG KNOX 0615 AM
3.00 PEORIA PEORIA 0700 AM
2.60 ALTONA KNOX 0700 AM
2.50 GRIDLEY MCLEAN 1252 PM
2.30 PRINCEVILLE PEORIA 0700 AM
2.20 LEWISTOWN FULTON 0700 AM
2.00 2 SE DUNLAP PEORIA 0714 AM
2.00 LOAMI SANGAMON 0700 AM
1.80 MARIETTA FULTON 0700 AM
1.70 MINONK WOODFORD 0700 AM
1.60 JACKSONVILLE MORGAN 0700 AM
1.40 SPRINGFIELD SANGAMON 0725 AM
1.40 ATHENS MENARD 0700 AM
1.20 CHATHAM SANGAMON 0748 AM
1.20 3 W BISMARCK VERMILION 0728 AM
1.00 1 S MANITO MASON 0805 AM
0.80 HOOPESTON VERMILION 0700 AM
0.70 OGDEN CHAMPAIGN 0615 AM
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT...
INCHES LOCATION COUNTY TIME TYPE
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0.00 WATSON EFFINGHAM 0615 AM FREEZING RAIN
GOETSCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 3:42 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Fulton, Knox, McLean, Marshall, Peoria, Stark and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:13 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | ILX | Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas and 10 more | 40 hr |
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Sources
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