Alert archive / Illinois / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this winter storm warning at Feb 25, 2008, 3:07 PM CST for 13 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 25, 2008, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 9 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2008, 3:07 PM CST (21:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2008, 3:11 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Champaign County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Knox County, IL, Marshall County, IL, McLean County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 11:15 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Morton, IL | ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHTNING AND THUNDER |
| Feb 25, 11:59 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 3 Sw (Pia)Peoria Arpt, IL | |
| Feb 26, 2:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Broadlands, 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 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 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 252107 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 307 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED T0 IMPACT CENTRAL ILLINOIS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER WILL MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS BY MIDNIGHT...AND DEEPEN UP THE OHIO RIVER DURING TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-74 TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. ILZ027>031-037-260200- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0005.080226T0000Z-080227T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WS.W.0003.080226T0000Z-080226T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 307 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... 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 TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY WET SNOW DURING EARLY EVENING AS WINDS BECOME NORTHEAST AND BRING IN COLDER AIR. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY NOON TUESDAY. BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. 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. $$ ILZ038-043>046-055-057-260200- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0005.080226T0300Z-080227T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WS.W.0003.080226T0300Z-080227T0000Z/ MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-DOUGLAS-EDGAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...CHAMPAIGN... URBANA...DANVILLE 307 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY WET SNOW AFTER 9 PM AS WINDS BECOME NORTHEAST AND BRING COLDER AIR INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ036-040>042-047>051-260200- /O.NEW.KILX.SB.Y.0001.080226T0300Z-080226T1800Z/ FULTON-SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD 307 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS EVENING...THEN DIMINISH BY NOON TUESDAY. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ILZ052>054-056-061>063-260200- /O.NEW.KILX.SB.Y.0001.080226T0600Z-080227T0000Z/ CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-COLES-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 307 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT AND DIMINISH BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ HUETTL/SMITH
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KILX 260141 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 741 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED T0 IMPACT CENTRAL ILLINOIS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER WILL MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS BY MIDNIGHT...AND DEEPEN UP THE OHIO RIVER DURING TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-74 TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. ILZ027>031-037-260600- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080226T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 741 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY WET SNOW DURING EARLY EVENING AS WINDS BECOME NORTHEAST AND BRING IN COLDER AIR. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY NOON TUESDAY. BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. 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. $$ ILZ038-043>046-055-057-260600- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0003.080226T0300Z-080227T0000Z/ MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-DOUGLAS-EDGAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...CHAMPAIGN... URBANA...DANVILLE 741 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY WET SNOW AFTER 9 PM AS WINDS BECOME NORTHEAST AND BRING COLDER AIR INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ036-040>042-047>051-260600- /O.CON.KILX.SB.Y.0001.080226T0300Z-080226T1800Z/ FULTON-SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD 741 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS EVENING...THEN DIMINISH BY NOON TUESDAY. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ILZ052>054-056-061>063-260600- /O.CON.KILX.SB.Y.0001.080226T0600Z-080227T0000Z/ CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-COLES-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 741 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT AND DIMINISH BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KILX 260232 CCA WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 741 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 CORRECTED TYPO IN HEADLINE ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT CENTRAL ILLINOIS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER WILL MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS BY MIDNIGHT...AND DEEPEN UP THE OHIO RIVER DURING TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-74 TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. ILZ027>031-037-260600- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080226T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 741 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY WET SNOW DURING EARLY EVENING AS WINDS BECOME NORTHEAST AND BRING IN COLDER AIR. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY NOON TUESDAY. BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. 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. $$ ILZ038-043>046-055-057-260600- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0003.080226T0300Z-080227T0000Z/ MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-DOUGLAS-EDGAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...CHAMPAIGN... URBANA...DANVILLE 741 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY WET SNOW AFTER 9 PM AS WINDS BECOME NORTHEAST AND BRING COLDER AIR INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ036-040>042-047>051-260600- /O.CON.KILX.SB.Y.0001.080226T0300Z-080226T1800Z/ FULTON-SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD 741 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS EVENING...THEN DIMINISH BY NOON TUESDAY. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ILZ052>054-056-061>063-260600- /O.CON.KILX.SB.Y.0001.080226T0600Z-080227T0000Z/ CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-COLES-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 741 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT AND DIMINISH BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KILX 260330 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 930 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT CENTRAL ILLINOIS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER WILL MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS BY MIDNIGHT...AND DEEPEN UP THE OHIO RIVER DURING TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-74 TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. ILZ027>031-037-261000- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080226T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 930 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BY MIDNIGHT AS WINDS BECOME NORTHEAST AND BRING IN COLDER AIR. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY NOON TUESDAY. BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. 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. $$ ILZ038-043>046-055-057-261000- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080227T0000Z/ MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-DOUGLAS-EDGAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...CHAMPAIGN... URBANA...DANVILLE 930 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AS WINDS BECOME NORTHEAST AND BRING COLDER AIR INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ036-040>042-047>051-261000- /O.CON.KILX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080226T1800Z/ FULTON-SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD 930 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW TONIGHT...THEN DIMINISH BY NOON TUESDAY. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ILZ052>054-056-061>063-261000- /O.CON.KILX.SB.Y.0001.080226T0600Z-080227T0000Z/ CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-COLES-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 930 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT AND DIMINISH BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KILX 260911 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 311 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...LIGHT SNOW TAPERING OFF ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINOR...WITH MOST LOCATIONS ONLY PICKING UP A COUPLE TENTHS OF AN INCH OF SNOW. ILZ027>031-037-261015- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080226T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 311 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. $$ ILZ038-043>046-055-057-261015- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080227T0000Z/ MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-DOUGLAS-EDGAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...CHAMPAIGN... URBANA...DANVILLE 311 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. $$ ILZ036-040>042-047>051-261015- /O.CAN.KILX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080226T1800Z/ FULTON-SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD 311 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE INCH. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY...HOWEVER SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED. $$ ILZ052>054-056-061>063-261015- /O.CAN.KILX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080227T0000Z/ CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-COLES-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 311 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 25, 2:34 PM CST, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 2:34 PM CST, 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 234 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 200 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE THIS PERIOD WILL BE WITH STORM TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. MODELS STILL SHOWING SOME MINOR TIMING ISSUES WITH THIS SYSTEM BUT WL STILL TREND MORE TWDS THE NAM-WRF WITH ITS SLOWER MORE AMPLIFIED SOLUTION. 12Z UPPER AIR ANALYSIS INDICATING ATMOSPERE ON THE DRY SIDE TO OUR SOUTHWEST...AT LEAST AT 850 MB BUT THAT SHOULD CHANGE LATER TDY INTO TNT AS LOW LVL WINDS INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTH WHICH WILL HELP TRANSPORT A BETTER SUPPLY OF MOISTURE INTO THE SYSTEM. THE SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK FROM NERN KS INTO SE MO BY 06Z AND THEN INTO NRN KY BY DAWN ON TUE. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FIRST ACRS OUR NW AND THEN TO OUR ERN COUNTIES BY 09Z TNT. MODELS STILL SUGGESTING A DECENT TROWAL/DEFORMATION STRUCTURE TO THIS SYSTEM TUE MRNG ACRS THE CENTRAL AND ESP OVER THE EAST WHICH WOULD SUGGEST THE BETTER LOCATION FOR HEAVIER SNOW TOTALS. ALTHOUGH NOT A LARGE SNOWFALL...4 TO LOCALLY 6 INCHES COUPLED WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES BY TUESDAY MRNG WL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN PARTS OF THE NORTH AND EAST WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALS WL BE A LITTLE MORE SIGNIFICANT. IT CERTAINLY CONTINUES TO LOOK LIKE A HIGH IMPACT EVENT FOR TOMORROW...AT LEAST INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND FOR THAT REASON...WL UPGRADE OUR CURRENT WATCH AREA INTO A WINTER STORM WARNING AND FURTHER TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST...ADD A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ACCOMPANIED BY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ACRS OUR FAR SOUTH...MAY MAKE A LAST MINUTE DECISION AND INCLUDE THEM IN A HEADLINE BUT NOT UNTIL TUESDAY AROUND DAWN AS THEY WILL BE THE LAST TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AS THE STORM PULLS OFF INTO ERN KY LATER IN THE MRNG. 500 MB TROF AXIS SHIFTS TO OUR EAST BY TUESDAY EVENING PUTTING AN END TO ANY SNOW THREAT WITH WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT TUESDAY. A QUIETER WX PICTURE MOVES INTO THE MIDWEST AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS SOUTHEAST THRU WEDNESDAY. THE NEXT SHORTWAVE OF INTEREST TRACKS SOUTHEAST OUT OF CANADA AND INTO THE NRN PLAINS THURSDAY. LOW LVL WARM ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE WAVE WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOW OVER THE NW HALF OF THE FCST AREA BY AFTN WITH SNOW CHANCES CONTINUING THUR NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM PUSHES TO OUR NORTH. TEMPS MAY ACTUALLY BE WARM ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A RAIN AND SNOW MIX ACRS THE SE THU NIGHT AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY PATTERN REMAINS ACTIVE ACRS THE MIDWEST DURING THIS PERIOD ALTHOUGH TEMPS WL MODERATE SOME AS THE LATE THU/EARLY FRI SYSTEM PUSHES TO OUR EAST WITH 500 MB HEIGHTS FCST TO INCREASE OVR THE CNTRL US. SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE FORECAST TO PUSH ACRS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND DIVE SE INTO THE SRN ROCKIES...AND THEN INTERACT WITH A CUTOFF LOW OVR THE SW U.S. TO BRING MOISTURE AND MILDER TEMPERATURES NORTHEAST INTO THE MIDWEST OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. AS USUAL...THE GFS IS QUICKER IN EJECTING THE SOUTHWEST LOW NE INTO OUR AREA WITH THE SLOWER ECMWF PREFERRED. FOR THAT REASON...IT APPEARS THE HIGHER CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL BE ON MONDAY WITH LOW CHANCE POPS INTRODUCED LATE SUNDAY. OVERALL WITH THE TRANSITION INTO A MORE SWLY FLOW OVER THE WEEKEND...TEMPS WILL ACTUALLY AVERAGE ABOVE NORMAL FOR DAYS 6 AND 7 (SUNDAY AND MONDAY) WITH THE ACTIVE PRECIP TREND CONTINUING BEYOND THIS FCST PERIOD. SMITH && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1155 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 DETERIORATING WX CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL IL TAF SITES DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS A WINTER STORM MOVES IN TONIGHT AND TUE WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 1002 MB LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN KS TO MOVE EAST INTO SOUTHERN TIP OF IL BY 06Z AND DEEPENING UP THE OHIO RIVER TUE. OVERCAST CEILINGS BELOW 1K FT THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT DAY...THOUGH MAY SEE DEC AND SPI TEMPORARILY SEE LOW CLOUDS LIFT TO 1 TO 1.5 KFT THIS AFTERNOON. FOG LINGERING ESPECIALLY AT BMI AND CMI WHERE VSBYS HAVE BEEN BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES THIS MORNING. HAVE VSBYS COMING UP TO 3 TO 6 MILES THIS AFTERNOON AS SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 KTS BECOME EAST. LIGHT RAIN THAT THE IL RIVER VALLEY BY PIA SAW THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND BECOME MODERATE RAIN OVER REST OF CENTRAL IL LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAIN TO TURN TO SNOW AT PIA BETWEEN 01-03Z...AT BMI AN HOUR OR TWO LATER AND ALONG I-72 BY 06Z. VSBYS BECOME RESTRICTED TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS IN SNOW OVERNIGHT WITH BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING AS WINDS BECOME NORTH 20 TO 25 KTS WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 KTS. STRONG NNW WINDS CONTINUE BLOWING SNOW TUE MORNING AS SNOW DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST DURING MID/LATE MORNING. HUETTL && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING UNTIL NOON TUESDAY FOR ILZ027>031-037. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM CST THIS EVENING UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR ILZ038-043>046-055-057. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL NOON TUESDAY FOR ILZ036-040>042-047>051. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUE FOR ILZ052>054-056-061>063. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 11:19 AM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1119 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ILZ027>031-037-261200- KNOX-MARSHALL-PEORIA-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 1119 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER TODAY AND CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES BY SUNRISE. STRONG WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD THROUGH TONIGHT DOWNSTREAM OF HENRY. THE ILLINOIS RIVER IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT HENRY DURING THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE ILLINOIS RIVER IS EXPECTED TO STAY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE DOWNSTREAM OF HENRY THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ036-040-041-047-049-050-261200- CASS-FULTON-MASON-MORGAN-SCHUYLER-SCOTT- 1119 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY AND CHANGE TO SNOW LATER THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES BY SUNRISE. STRONG WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH UP TO 1 INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS INTO MIDDAY. STAGES ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL SLOWLY FALL...BUT WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ038-043>046-055-057-261200- CHAMPAIGN-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-MCLEAN-PIATT-VERMILION- 1119 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE THIS AFTERNOON AND CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES BY SUNRISE. STRONG WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ042-048-051>054-056-061-261200- CHRISTIAN-COLES-LOGAN-MACON-MENARD-MOULTRIE-SANGAMON-SHELBY- 1119 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BY SUNRISE. STRONG WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF ACCUMULATION. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS INTO MIDDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-261200- CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 1119 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CHANGE TO SNOW LATER TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE. THE WABASH RIVER WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL UP TO 1 INCH OF ACCUMULATION. THE WABASH RIVER WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HUETTL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 3:07 PM CST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | ILX | Cass, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Fulton and 10 more | 12 hr |
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