Alert archive / Illinois / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this winter storm warning at Jan 31, 2008, 3:26 AM CST for 31 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Jan 31, 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
- Jan 31, 2008, 3:26 AM CST (09:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2008, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2008, 11:07 AM CST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
All 31 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, 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, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 4:20 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Watson, IL | FROM SWOP OBSERVER. |
| Jan 31, 4:29 PM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Lincoln, IL | |
| Jan 31, 4:29 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Decatur, IL | FROM SWOT OBSERVER. |
| Jan 31, 4:30 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Springfield, IL | SWOT OBSERVER IN THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF SPRINGFIELD, IN THE VILLAGE OF JEROME. |
| Jan 31, 4:30 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Springfield, IL | NORTH SIDE OF SPRINGFIELD. |
| Jan 31, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 4 E Montrose, IL | COCORAHS OBSERVER. |
| Jan 31, 5:05 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Decatur, IL | SWOP OBSERVER. |
| Jan 31, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Peoria, IL | |
| Jan 31, 5:50 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Flora, IL | |
| Jan 31, 5:50 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Petersburg, IL | SWOP OBSERVER |
| Jan 31, 5:50 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Lincoln, IL | SWOP OBSERVER. NWS EMPLOYEE. |
| Jan 31, 5:55 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Lincoln, IL | MEASURED AT THE NWS OFFICE. |
| Jan 31, 6:08 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Springfield, IL | OFFICIAL SPRINGFIELD OBSERVATION |
| Jan 31, 6:08 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Chatham, IL | SWOP OBSERVER. |
| Jan 31, 6:18 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | 4 Ne Bloomington, IL | |
| Jan 31, 6:41 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Decatur, IL | SWOP OBSERVER. |
| Jan 31, 6:55 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Windsor, IL | |
| Jan 31, 6:55 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Shelbyville, IL | SWOP OBSERVER. |
| Jan 31, 6:57 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Tuscola, IL | SWOP OBSERVER. |
| Jan 31, 7:39 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | 8 E Petersburg, IL | SWOP OBSERVER. JUNCTION OF ROUTES 29 AND 123. |
| Jan 31, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Beardstown, IL | ROAD CREW REPORT. |
| Jan 31, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Champaign, IL | |
| Jan 31, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Forsyth, IL | SWOP OBSERVER. |
| Jan 31, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Sherman, IL | |
| Jan 31, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 4 Sw Springfield, IL | SWOP OBSERVER IN JEROME. |
| Jan 31, 8:03 PM CST | SNOW 2.1 | 4 Ne Bloomington, IL | |
| Jan 31, 8:03 PM CST | SNOW 3.6 | Decatur, IL | SWOP OBSERVER. |
| Jan 31, 8:15 PM CST | SNOW 1.6 | Morton, IL | |
| Jan 31, 8:18 PM CST | SNOW 2.4 | Rantoul, IL | SWOP OBSERVER. |
| Jan 31, 8:30 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | 4 Nw Manito, IL | IN THE AREA OF SPRING LAKE. FROM EMERGENCY MANAGER. |
| Jan 31, 8:32 PM CST | SNOW 2.6 | Effingham, IL | SWOP OBSERVER. |
| Jan 31, 8:33 PM CST | SNOW 1.9 | Rome, IL | SWOP OBSERVER. |
| Jan 31, 8:38 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Riverton, IL | SWOP OBSERVER. |
| Jan 31, 8:47 PM CST | SNOW 1.1 | Henry, IL | |
| Jan 31, 8:59 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Decatur, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Jan 31, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 2 N Homer, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Jan 31, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Windsor, IL | |
| Jan 31, 9:05 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Clinton, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Jan 31, 9:15 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Farmer City, IL | COCORAHS REPORT |
| Jan 31, 9:15 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Mount Pulaski, IL | |
| Jan 31, 9:15 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 4 Sw Springfield, IL | |
| Jan 31, 9:25 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Peoria, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Jan 31, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 1.6 | 2 E Urbana, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Jan 31, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 1.6 | Ogden, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Jan 31, 9:40 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 Ne Cisco, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Jan 31, 9:40 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Effingham, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Jan 31, 9:45 PM CST | SNOW 2.7 | 2 E Normal, IL | |
| Jan 31, 9:50 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Effingham, IL | |
| Jan 31, 9:55 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Casey, IL | MODERATE FREEZING RAIN REPORTED |
| Jan 31, 9:55 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 4 Ne Bloomington, IL | |
| Jan 31, 10:07 PM CST | SNOW 5.3 | Decatur, IL | |
| Jan 31, 10:14 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Henry, IL | |
| Jan 31, 10:18 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Clinton, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Jan 31, 10:20 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Urbana, IL | FROM STATE WATER SURVEY |
| Jan 31, 10:20 PM CST | SNOW 3.4 | Petersburg, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Jan 31, 10:21 PM CST | SNOW 3.3 | Watson, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Jan 31, 10:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | 2 S Chestnut, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Jan 31, 10:30 PM CST | SNOW 4.8 | 4 Sw Springfield, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Jan 31, 10:50 PM CST | SNOW 3.1 | Monticello, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Jan 31, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 2 Sw Champaign, IL | COCORAHS 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 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 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 310926 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 326 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE TODAY AND TRACK NORTHEAST TOWARDS SOUTHEAST INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55. GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE IN AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY FRIDAY MORNING WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ILZ051-052-061-062-066>068-071>073-311330- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0001.080201T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WS.W.0001.080131T2100Z-080201T1800Z/ SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE... SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 326 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY TOWARD SUNSET. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FRIDAY MORNING. BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY FRIDAY MORNING WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL. 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. $$ ILZ038-042>046-053>057-063-311330- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0001.080201T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WS.W.0001.080201T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MACON-MOULTRIE- DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON 326 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FRIDAY MORNING. BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ047>050-311330- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0001.080201T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WW.Y.0003.080131T2100Z-080201T1800Z/ CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSONVILLE 326 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FRIDAY MORNING AFTER ACCUMULATING 4 TO 6 INCHES. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THIS EVENING WILL BECOME NORTHWEST FRIDAY MORNING PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WELL INTO THE MORNING HOURS OF FRIDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ031-037-041-311330- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0001.080201T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WW.Y.0003.080201T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HAVANA 326 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FRIDAY MORNING AFTER ACCUMULATING FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THIS EVENING WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY FRIDAY MORNING PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ040-311330- /O.NEW.KILX.WW.Y.0003.080131T2100Z-080201T1800Z/ SCHUYLER- 326 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FRIDAY MORNING AFTER ACCUMULATING 3 TO 5 INCHES. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THIS EVENING WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY FRIDAY MORNING WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WELL INTO THE MORNING HOURS OF FRIDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ027>030-036-311330- /O.NEW.KILX.WW.Y.0003.080201T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 326 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FRIDAY MORNING AFTER ACCUMULATING FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THIS EVENING WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY FRIDAY MORNING PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SMITH/HUETTL
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KILX 311315 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 715 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS THIS MORNING WILL TRACK NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55. GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE IN AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY FRIDAY MORNING WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ILZ051-052-061-062-066>068-071>073-311800- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.080131T2100Z-080201T1800Z/ SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE... SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 715 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY TOWARD SUNSET. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FRIDAY MORNING. BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY FRIDAY MORNING WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL. 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. $$ ILZ038-042>046-053>057-063-311800- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.080201T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MACON-MOULTRIE- DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON 715 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FRIDAY MORNING. BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ040-047>050-311800- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.080131T2100Z-080201T1800Z/ SCHUYLER-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSONVILLE 715 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FRIDAY MORNING AFTER ACCUMULATING 3 TO 6 INCHES. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THIS EVENING WILL BECOME NORTHWEST FRIDAY MORNING PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WELL INTO THE MORNING HOURS OF FRIDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ027>031-036-037-041-311800- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.080201T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...HAVANA 715 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FRIDAY MORNING AFTER ACCUMULATING FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THIS EVENING WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY FRIDAY MORNING PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SMITH
000 WWUS43 KILX 311754 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1154 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM ON TRACK AND ON TIME FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .THE CENTER OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS NOW DEEPENING OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA...WITH RICH MOISTURE STREAMING NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF INTO ILLINOIS. LIGHT SNOW HAS ALREADY STARTED OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN HALF OF ILLINOIS...AND ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BEGIN FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THIS AFTERNOON. THE LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK INTO WESTERN KENTUCKY BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THEN INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA FRIDAY MORNING. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF THIS TRACK...EXTENDING FROM NEAR ST. LOUIS TOWARD SHELBYVILLE THEN TOWARD DANVILLE. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITHIN THIS BAND WILL TOTAL 8 TO 10 INCHES... WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS AROUND A FOOT. GENERAL SNOW AMOUNTS THROUGHOUT THE WARNING AREA WILL BE 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES COMMON ALONG AN NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL BECOME NORTHERLY OVERNIGHT...THEN NORTHWESTERLY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IN BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. ILZ051-052-061-062-066>068-071>073-312200- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.080131T2100Z-080201T1800Z/ SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE... SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1154 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY TOWARD SUNSET. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FRIDAY MORNING. BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING. SOME SPOTS MAY SEE AROUND A FOOT OF TOTAL SNOWFALL. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY FRIDAY MORNING WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL. 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. $$ ILZ038-042>046-053>057-063-312200- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.080201T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MACON-MOULTRIE- DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON 1154 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FRIDAY MORNING. BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS AROUND A FOOT POSSIBLE. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ040-047>050-312200- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.080131T2100Z-080201T1800Z/ SCHUYLER-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSONVILLE 1154 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FRIDAY MORNING AFTER ACCUMULATING 3 TO 6 INCHES. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THIS EVENING WILL BECOME NORTHWEST FRIDAY MORNING PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WELL INTO THE MORNING HOURS OF FRIDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ027>031-036-037-041-312200- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.080201T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...HAVANA 1154 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FRIDAY MORNING AFTER ACCUMULATING FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THIS EVENING WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY FRIDAY MORNING PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CHURCHILL
000 WWUS43 KILX 312100 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 300 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM HAS BEGUN ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY TO GO INTO EFFECT AT 6 PM HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND WILL NOW BEGIN AT 3 PM CST. SNOW HAS BEGUN WELL AHEAD OF THE CENTER OF THE STORM...WHICH IS NOW LOCATED IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE TO JUST EAST OF MEMPHIS BY MIDNIGHT...THEN TO NEAR CINCINNATI BY 6 AM FRIDAY. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL JUST NORTHWEST OF THE TRACK OF THE LOW...OR FROM NEAR ST. LOUIS TO DANVILLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG A LINE FROM SHELBYVILLE TO TUSCOLA TO DANVILLE...WHERE 10 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE LIKELY ALONG WITH LOCAL SPOTS UP TO A FOOT. ELSEWHERE IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF FRIDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. FURTHER NORTH IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA...EXPECT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...ALONG WITH THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE FINISHED BEFORE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ILZ049-050-010100- /O.UPG.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KILX.WS.W.0001.080131T2100Z-080201T1800Z/ SCOTT-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSONVILLE 300 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY FRIDAY MORNING WILL BE AROUND 6 INCHES. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS THIS EVENING WILL BECOME NORTHERLY LATER TONIGHT AND THEN NORTHWESTERLY FRIDAY MORNING...WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY NOON ON FRIDAY. 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. $$ ILZ038-042>046-053>057-063-010100- /O.EXT.KILX.WS.W.0001.080131T2100Z-080201T1800Z/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MACON-MOULTRIE- DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON 300 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE AND BECOME HEAVY TONIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 7 AND 10 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. SOME LOCAL SPOTS MAY SEE AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW IN A BAND FROM SHELBYVILLE TO DANVILLE. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ051-052-061-062-066>068-071>073-010100- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE... SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 300 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE AND BECOME HEAVY TONIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 7 AND 10 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. SOME LOCAL SPOTS MAY SEE AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW IN A BAND FROM SHELBYVILLE TO DANVILLE. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. 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. $$ ILZ027>031-036-037-041-010100- /O.EXT.KILX.WW.Y.0003.080131T2100Z-080201T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...HAVANA 300 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ040-047-048-010100- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ SCHUYLER-CASS-MENARD- 300 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CHURCHILL
000 WWUS43 KILX 010029 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 629 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM HITTING HARD IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMING IN OVER THE FIRST 3 TO 4 HOURS OF THE STORM. THE MAIN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS STILL LOCATED WELL TO OUR SOUTH...IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE TO JUST EAST OF MEMPHIS BY MIDNIGHT...THEN TO JUST NORTH OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY BY 6 AM FRIDAY. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL JUST NORTHWEST OF THE TRACK OF THE LOW...OR FROM NEAR ST. LOUIS TO DANVILLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG A LINE FROM SHELBYVILLE TO TUSCOLA TO DANVILLE...WHERE 10 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE LIKELY...ALONG WITH LOCAL SPOTS UP TO A FOOT. ELSEWHERE IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF FRIDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. FURTHER NORTH IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA...EXPECT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER... ALONG WITH THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE FINISHED BEFORE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ILZ038-042>046-049>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-010615- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-SCOTT-MORGAN- SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 629 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE TONIGHT...WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 7 AND 10 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. SOME LOCAL SPOTS MAY SEE AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW...IN A BAND FROM SHELBYVILLE TO DANVILLE. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL ONLY IF IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. 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>031-036-037-040-041-047-048-010615- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER- MASON-CASS-MENARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...HAVANA 629 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE TONIGHT...WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND VISIBILITY DOWN NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL TONIGHT IS NOT RECOMMENDED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SHIMON
000 WWUS43 KILX 010510 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1110 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM STILL AFFECTING CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMING IN OVER THE FIRST 6 TO 8 HOURS OF THE STORM. THE MAIN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS STILL LOCATED WELL TO OUR SOUTHEAST...IN WESTERN TENNESSEE. THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE TO SOUTHERN INDIANA BY 6 AM FRIDAY...AND TO NORTHERN OHIO BY NOON FRIDAY. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL JUST NORTHWEST OF THE TRACK OF THE LOW... OR FROM NEAR ST. LOUIS TO DANVILLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG A LINE FROM SHELBYVILLE TO TUSCOLA TO DANVILLE...WHERE 7 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. ELSEWHERE IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...EXPECT AROUND 6 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF FRIDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. FREEZING RAIN HAS ALSO DEVELOPED SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM FLORA TO ROBINSON...SO ICE ACCUMULATION MAY BECOME A PROBLEM DOWN THERE. FURTHER NORTH IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA...EXPECT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER... ALONG WITH THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE FINISHED BEFORE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ILZ038-042>046-049>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-011030- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-SCOTT-MORGAN- SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1110 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE THE REST OF THE NIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH AROUND 2 AM. AFTER THAT...THE SNOWFALL WILL WEAKEN...BUT CONTINUE THROUGH MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TOWARD MIDDAY FRIDAY. SOME LOCAL SPOTS MAY SEE UP TO 9 INCHES. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES... WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL ONLY IF IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. SOME FREEZING RAIN HAS DEVELOPED SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM FLORA TO ROBINSON. THAT WILL DIMINISH SNOW TOTALS...BUT SOME ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO A QUARTER INCH MAY OCCUR. BE ALERT FOR VERY SLIPPERY ROADS DUE TO FREEZING RAIN. 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>031-036-037-040-041-047-048-011030- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER- MASON-CASS-MENARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...HAVANA 1110 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE THE REST OF THE NIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME THROUGH AROUND 2 AM...THEN THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH A LITTLE...BUT CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND VISIBILITY DOWN NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SHIMON
000 WWUS43 KILX 010912 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 312 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM STILL AFFECTING CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ..PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST FOR A FEW MORE HOURS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER 6 AM THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ILZ029>031-037-041-047-048-011315- /O.UPG.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MASON-CASS-MENARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...HAVANA 312 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AFTER 6 AM. IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ038-042>046-049>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-011315- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-SCOTT-MORGAN- SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 312 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL STAY NORTH AND WEST OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER SUNRISE. IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ027-028-036-040-011315- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 312 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AFTER 6 AM. IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BAK/HUETTL
000 WWUS43 KILX 011243 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 643 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM STILL AFFECTING CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ..THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. HOWEVER...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS UNTIL THE ROADS CAN BE CLEARED OF THE SNOW. ILZ027-028-036-040-011345- /O.CAN.KILX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 643 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ ILZ029>031-037-038-041>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-011700- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT- PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND- CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL... HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON... SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 643 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS UNTIL THE SNOW TAPERS OFF. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS UNTIL THE ROADS CAN BE CLEARED OF THE SNOW. $$ BAK
000 WWUS43 KILX 011341 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 741 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM STILL AFFECTING CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ..THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. HOWEVER...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS UNTIL THE ROADS CAN BE CLEARED OF THE SNOW. ILZ029>031-037-041-042-047>051-011445- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT- MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...HAVANA...LINCOLN... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 741 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ ILZ038-043>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-011800- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE- DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER- CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...CHAMPAIGN... URBANA...DANVILLE...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 741 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS UNTIL THE SNOW TAPERS OFF. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS... ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS UNTIL THE ROADS CAN BE CLEARED OF THE SNOW. $$ BAK
000 WWUS43 KILX 011707 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1107 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED... .THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. HOWEVER...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS UNTIL THE ROADS CAN BE CLEARED OF THE SNOW. ILZ038-043>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-011815- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE- DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER- CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...CHAMPAIGN... URBANA...DANVILLE...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1107 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM HAS MOVED OUT TO THE NORTHEAST THIS MORNING. SNOW AROUND CENTRAL ILLINOIS IS TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES IN THE FAR EAST. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING AS THE ROADS WILL REMAIN TREACHEROUS UNTIL THE SNOW IS COMPLETELY CLEARED. $$
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 Jan 30, 11:46 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 11:46 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1146 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 857 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008 THE SURFACE RIDGE IS LIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST OF ILLINOIS...AS WARM FRONTOGENESIS DEVELOPS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. MID LEVEL WAA CLOUDS ARE ALREADY OVERSPREADING WESTERN AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS. CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO THICKEN THE REST OF THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN OUR NORTHERN CWA. THE 18Z GFS AND 21Z SREF INDICATE SOME LIGHT SNOW FROM GBG TO PIA TO BMI BY 12Z. THE LOW LEVELS WILL BE MUCH TOO DRY FOR ANY PRECIP TO REACH THE GROUND THAT SOON. WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. LOW TEMPS FOR TONIGHT ARE ON TRACK...AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE FORECAST. NO UPDATE WILL BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. THE STORM IS STILL LOOKING ON TRACK FOR LATER THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. INITIAL ANALYSIS OF THE 00Z NAM SHOWS LITTLE CHANGE IN THE POSITION OF HEAVY SNOW BAND FROM WHAT WE ARE ALREADY FORECASTING. WILL MOST LIKELY BE ISSUING SOME TYPE OF WINTER STORM WARNING WITH THE 4 AM ZONE PACKAGE. A SWATH OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS STILL LOOKING LIKELY FOR AREAS BETWEEN I-55 AND I-70. SOUTH OF I-70...SNOW TOTALS MAY BE A LITTLE LOWER DUE TO MIXED PRECIP FOR A TIME. WILL HAVE BETTER HANDLE ON AMOUNTS WITH THE 4 AM FORECAST. SHIMON && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1145 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008...FOR THE 06Z TAFS WAA MID CLOUDS CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO THE AREA. GUIDANCE STILL SPITTING OUT SOME LIGHT PRECIP THROUGH 12Z THIS THURSDAY MORNING FOR PIA TO BMI AREAS. WILL KEEP THEM DRY IN THE TAFS...AS DEWPOINT SPREADS REMAIN 10F OR HIGHER. THE BIG ISSUES WILL BE LATER THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY IN THURSDAY EVENING. I EXPECT VLIFR CIGS AND VIS DURING HEAVY SNOW FOR DEC AND CMI. MAYBE EVEN SOME THUNDERSNOW...AS CSI SIGNALS ARE EVIDENT IN THE CROSS SECTIONS...NEG EPV DIRECTLY ABOVE AND AREA OF 2D FGEN. WILL NOT ADD THUNDER THAT FAR OUT...BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF IT OCCURRED. WILL KEEP CIGS AND VIS SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN THE LIFR RANGE FOR THE REMAINING TAF SITES AFTER 03Z. ADDED BLSN FOR ALL SITES LATER IN THE EVENING...AS WINDS CRANK UP TO 18-20KT SUSTAINED...AND GUSTS TO 30KT. SHIMON && .PREV DISCUSSION... ISSUED 300 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008 SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... SURFACE HIGH OVER ILLINOIS WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT WITH LIGHT WINDS GRADUALLY BECOMING EASTERLY AND INCREASING TOWARD DAWN AND THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. THIS WILL ACT TO KEEP THE LOWER LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE RATHER DRY...AND DELAY THE ONSET OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW UNTIL AT LEAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ALL THE MODELS ARE DEVELOPING AN ELEVATED ZONE OF WARM ADVECTION AND ISENTROPIC LIFT THAT WILL STRETCH EAST/WEST ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY THURSDAY MORNING. SOME LIGHT QPF AMOUNTS ARE PREDICTED BY THE NAM AND GFS...BUT BELIEVE THAT THE PROSPECTS FOR ANYTHING MEASURABLE REACHING THE GROUND THAT EARLY WILL BE LOW DUE TO THE INITIALLY DRY ATMOSPHERE. WILL CARRY A SLIGHT CHANCE NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER THURSDAY MORNING...AND HOLD OFF ON MENTIONABLE POPS ELSEWHERE UNTIL AFTER 18Z. STRONG UPPER TROUGH NOW CROSSING THE ROCKIES WILL CONTINUE TO DIG AND MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. THE ATTENDANT SURFACE LOW WILL DEEPEN OVER ARKANSAS BY 00Z FRIDAY AND MOVE TO THE WESTERN KENTUCKY AREA BY 06Z...THEN TO SOUTHEAST INDIANA BY 12Z FRI. LOW LEVEL TRAJECTORIES AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL ALLOW MOISTURE TO RAPIDLY ADVECT NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF...ALTHOUGH SOME OF THIS WILL BE CHEWED UP BY CONVECTION OVER THE GULF STATES. STILL...SUFFICIENT MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG DYNAMICS/Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE TO PRODUCE A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW ALONG THE FAVORED ZONE JUST NORTHWEST OF THE LOW TRACK. THIS HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY FORECAST FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND THE 12Z/18Z SHORT RANGE MODELS DIFFER LITTLE WITH THIS SCENARIO. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE WINTER STORM WATCH AS IS WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION TO THE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM JACKSONVILLE TO BLOOMINGTON...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACROSS THE SHELBYVILLE TO DANVILLE CORRIDOR. THE SURFACE LOW SHOULD BE AT ITS DEEPEST BETWEEN 06Z FRI AND 18Z FRI WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT PROVIDING BLOWING SNOW AS WELL. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH DRY CONDITIONS PREVAILING FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE AIRMASS BEHIND THE STORM WILL NOT BE NEARLY AS BRUTAL COLD AS THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE YESTERDAY. LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SOUTHWESTERLY UPPER FLOW WILL SET UP INTO NEXT WEEK WITH A COUPLE OF SHORTWAVES GETTING THROWN INTO THE MIDWEST. THE FIRST OF THESE WILL EJECT FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO OUR REGION BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT WITH THE LOW TRACKING FROM NORTHEAST MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL LAKE MICHIGAN. THIS WILL PLACE CENTRAL ILLINOIS ON THE WARM SIDE OF THE SYSTEM...RESULTING IN MAINLY A RAIN EVENT. PRECIPITATION MAY START OUT AS A MIXTURE OF RAIN/SNOW OVER NORTH-CENTRAL COUNTIES SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE WARMING CHANGES THE PRECIPITATION INTO RAIN. THE TRAILING COLD FRONT FROM THE MONDAY WAVE WILL LINGER BACK IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AS THE NEXT SHORTWAVE INDUCES SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS IN THE GENERAL ARKANSAS AREA. THE LONGER RANGE MODELS HAVE BEEN DIFFERING ON THE STRENGTH OF THE WAVE...AND IF IT WILL EVEN DEVELOP AT ALL. THE 12Z GFS/ECMWF ARE COMING INTO AGREEMENT THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL INDEED OCCUR...BUT DIFFER ON THE DETAILS. WILL THEREFORE KEEP CHANCE AND SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR RAIN/SNOW IN THE FORECAST FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS LIKE THE STORM SHOULD BE PAST THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY...BUT TIMING ADJUSTMENTS ON THE DEVELOPING WAVE MAY CHANGE THIS. 04 && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR ILZ031-037-038-041>057-061>063-066>068-071>073. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 3:22 PM CST, 12 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 322 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ILZ027>030-036-040-311200- FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-STARK- 322 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE ILLINOIS RIVER SOUTH OF PEORIA WILL CONTINUE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY LATER THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS OUR AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING BUT THE HEAVIER SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN TO OUR SOUTHEAST. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. THE ILLINOIS RIVER SOUTH OF PEORIA WILL CONTINUE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ031-037-038-041>055-061-311200- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-LOGAN-MACON-MASON-MCLEAN- MENARD-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SANGAMON-SCOTT-SHELBY-TAZEWELL- VERMILION-WOODFORD- 322 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT FOR INTERESTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF PEORIA WILL CONTINUE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY LATER THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING AS THE STORM PUSHES THROUGH INDIANA AND OHIO. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO ISSUES WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW THAT DOES OCCUR. FOR INTERESTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER. AREAS SOUTH OF PEORIA WILL CONTINUE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ056-057-062-063-066>068-071>073-311200- CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER- LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 322 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY LATER THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND SLEET THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS OF FRIDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING AS THE STORM PUSHES THROUGH INDIANA AND OHIO. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO ISSUES WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW THAT DOES FALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. BARKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 3:26 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Mason, Menard and 7 more | 27 hr |
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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.