Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Lincoln, IL

000 
WWUS43 KILX 040118
WSWILX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
718 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

...ICE AND SNOW THREAT INCREASING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...

.TWO WINTER STORM SYSTEMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY. THE FIRST WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN EVENT FOR
PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS TONIGHT...WITH ICE
ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH BY SUNRISE TUESDAY. AS THE
FIRST WAVE IS WINDING DOWN TUESDAY MORNING...THE SECOND PART OF
THE STORM WILL BEGIN AS AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPS OVER
EASTERN MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT AND MOVES INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS
AFTER DAWN. EXPECT A SNOW BAND OF 4 TO 6 INCHES AROUND THE
INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTHEAST.

ILZ054>057-061>063-066-067-071-040600-
/O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080304T1200Z/
MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-
JASPER-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...
EFFINGHAM...FLORA
718 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

EXPECT RAIN THIS EVENING TO CHANGE TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN BY 9 PM. ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY DAWN COULD MEASURE
ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE.

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.

$$

ILZ038-042-043-047>053-040600-
/O.CON.KILX.SN.Y.0001.080304T1200Z-080305T0000Z/
MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-
MACON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR
718 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. 

EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO TAPER OFF TONIGHT...BUT BEGIN AGAIN
AROUND DAWN TUESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MANY
AREAS... WITH A BAND OF 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM MID MORNING
INTO MID AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOW
WILL BE NEAR THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

ILZ044>046-040600-
/O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080305T0000Z/
PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE
718 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY. 

EXPECT RAIN TO CHANGE TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
THIS EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT COULD REACH ONE TO TWO
TENTHS OF AN INCH BY DAWN. THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE
PRECIPITATION TUESDAY MORNING...BUT THEN SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND
INCREASE TOWARD MIDDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 OR 3 INCHES WILL
BE POSSIBLE BY SUNSET.

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.

$$

ILZ068-072-073-040600-
/O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0008.080304T0300Z-080304T1200Z/
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAWRENCEVILLE
718 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY. 

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES
MAY DROP BELOW THE FREEZING MARK FOR A TIME...WHICH WILL TURN THE
RAIN INTO FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 TENTHS OF A
INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION DECREASES TOWARD
MID MORNING TUESDAY.

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.

$$

AUTEN

000 
WWUS43 KILX 040624
WSWILX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1224 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

...ICE AND SNOW THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...

.TWO WINTER STORM SYSTEMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND
TUESDAY. THE FIRST SYSTEM HAS BROUGHT FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE
EAST AND SOUTHEAST WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH
STILL POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE TUESDAY. AS THE FIRST WAVE IS WINDING
DOWN TUESDAY MORNING...THE SECOND PART OF THE STORM WILL BEGIN AS
AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPS OVER EASTERN MISSOURI AROUND DAWN AND
MOVES INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS. EXPECT
A SNOW BAND OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ALONG A TAYLORVILLE TO DANVILLE LINE...WITH
LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST.

ILZ044>046-041000-
/O.CAN.KILX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080305T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KILX.SN.Y.0001.080304T1200Z-080305T0000Z/
PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE
1224 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. 

FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...SNOW WILL
BEGIN DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE DURING THE
AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 3
TO 5 INCH RANGE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

ILZ054-055-061-041000-
/O.EXA.KILX.SN.Y.0001.080304T1200Z-080305T0000Z/
/O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080304T1200Z/
MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHELBYVILLE
1224 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY
THIS MORNING...
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. 

PRECIPITATION HAS TAPERED OFF TONIGHT...BUT WILL BEGIN AGAIN
LATE TUESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MANY AREAS...
WITH A BAND OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM MID MORNING INTO
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOW
WILL BE ALONG A TAYLORVILLE TO DANVILLE CORRIDOR.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

ILZ056-057-062-063-066-067-071-041000-
/O.EXB.KILX.WW.Y.0008.080304T1200Z-080305T0000Z/
/O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080304T1200Z/
COLES-EDGAR-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...EFFINGHAM...
FLORA
1224 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY
THIS MORNING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. 

LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF
1 TO 2 TENTHS OF A INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION
DECREASES TOWARD MID MORNING TUESDAY. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL CAN
BE EXPECTED ON TOP OF FREEZING RAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON. 

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.

$$

ILZ068-072-073-041000-
/O.EXT.KILX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080305T0000Z/
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAWRENCEVILLE
1224 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES SHOULD DROP
BELOW THE FREEZING MARK...WHICH WILL TURN THE RAIN INTO FREEZING
RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 TENTHS OF A INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE TOWARD MORNING. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN AND
SNOW WILL RETURN LATER MORNING WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL
POSSIBLE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

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.

$$

ILZ038-042-043-047>053-041000-
/O.CON.KILX.SN.Y.0001.080304T1200Z-080305T0000Z/
MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-
MACON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR
1224 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

PRECIPITATION HAS TAPERED OFF...BUT WILL BEGIN AGAIN LATE TUESDAY
MORNING. MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MANY AREAS... WITH A BAND
OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.
THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE NEAR ALONG A
TAYLORVILLE TO DANVILLE CORRIDOR.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

AUTEN

000 
WWUS43 KILX 040940
WSWILX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
340 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT PARTS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TODAY...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA TODAY BRINGING
ANOTHER ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND HEAVY SNOW TO PARTS OF
CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. PRESENT INDICATIONS
SUGGEST THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL OCCUR IN A NARROW BAND EXTENDING
FROM SHELBYVILLE AND TAYLORVILLE NORTHEAST TO JUST SOUTH OF
CHAMPAIGN. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA BY
LATER THIS EVENING. 

ILZ054-055-061-041600-
/O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080304T1200Z/
/O.CAN.KILX.SN.Y.0001.080304T1200Z-080305T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KILX.WW.Y.0008.080304T0940Z-080305T0300Z/
MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHELBYVILLE
340 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SNOW
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEADING NORTH ACROSS
THE AREA WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET DEVELOPING THIS MORNING
WHICH WILL CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY SNOW. SOME THUNDERSNOW MAY BE
POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON WITH SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON WHERE THE THUNDERSNOW OCCURS...
BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TO FLURRIES LATER THIS EVENING.

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.


$$

ILZ056-057-062-063-066-067-071-041600-
/O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080304T1200Z/
/O.EXT.KILX.WW.Y.0008.080304T0940Z-080305T0300Z/
COLES-EDGAR-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...EFFINGHAM...
FLORA
340 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
STORM WARNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
9 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

SLEET AND PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS
MORNING WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE.
THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY SNOW LATER
THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE CHANCE FOR SOME
THUNDERSNOW...WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE BY
LATE AFTERNOON...WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE WHERE
THE THUNDERSNOW OCCURS. 

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.

$$

ILZ044>046-041600-
/O.CAN.KILX.SN.Y.0001.080304T1200Z-080305T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KILX.WW.Y.0008.080304T0940Z-080305T0300Z/
PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE
340 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

SNOW WILL BEGIN DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE DURING
THE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY. SOME SLEET WILL MIX IN WITH THE SNOW AT
TIMES WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES BY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON. 

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.

$$

ILZ047-041045-
/O.CAN.KILX.SN.Y.0001.080304T1200Z-080305T0000Z/
CASS-
340 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW
ADVISORY. 

SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING BUT IT
APPEARS THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN JUST SOUTH OF
THE AREA. ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES BY LATER 
THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE SNOW TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY LATE
AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. 

$$

ILZ068-072-073-041600-
/O.EXT.KILX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080305T0300Z/
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAWRENCEVILLE
340 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY 
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN TO SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON AS A
STORM SYSTEM TRACKS TO OUR SOUTH. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A
TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES
GRADUALLY DROP BELOW THE FREEZING MARK LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ONCE
THE WINTRY MIX CHANGES OVER TO SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS EVENING
WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE
WEST TOWARDS CRAWFORD COUNTY.

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.

$$

ILZ038-042-043-048>053-041600-
/O.CON.KILX.SN.Y.0001.080304T1200Z-080305T0000Z/
MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR
340 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATER THIS MORNING
AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM TRACKS TO OUR SOUTH. MODERATE SNOW IS
EXPECTED OVER MANY AREAS...WITH A BAND OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE
FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD FOR
THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ROUGHLY ALONG A TAYLORVILLE TO DANVILLE
CORRIDOR WHERE ISOLATED 6 INCH ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. 

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

SMITH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
305 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

.DISCUSSION...
ISSUED 252 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...

STRONG SHORTWAVE NOW OVER MISSOURI/ARKANSAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. MODELS AGREE ON HEAVY QPF ACROSS
THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA. AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES
CONTINUE TO FALL BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH
EARLIER...SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING EVERYWHERE
EXCEPT PERHAPS IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST AROUND LAWRENCEVILLE. WARM
ADVECTION JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE AHEAD OF THE UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE
WILL LEAD TO THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES THAT WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR
FREEZING RAIN. WILL ISSUE A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TONIGHT IN
THE SOUTHEAST THIRD EXCEPT FOR THE SOUTHEAST THREE COUNTIES FOR A
COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF
ONE QUARTER INCH. THE HEAVY RAINFALL OF AT LEAST AN INCH MAY ALSO
CAUSE FLOODING...SO WILL CONTINUE THE FLOOD WATCH THERE AS WELL.

THE MAIN UPPER LOW AND SECOND WAVE FOR THIS STORM EVENT IS NOWOVER
NORTH TEXAS AND WILL SWING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY.
ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION WITH THE FIRST WAVE WILL BE ENDING
TUESDAY MORNING IN THE SOUTHEAST...A ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL
DEVELOP ALONG THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR. EXPECT A SWATH OF 4 TO 6
INCHES OF SNOW IN THESE AREA...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE
NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST. FOR THIS...WILL HAVE A SNOW ADVISORY THAT
WILL BEGIN AT 12Z TUE AND EXTEND THROUGH 00Z WED. WINDS WILL BE
PRETTY GUSTY AS WELL...BUT THE SNOW SHOULD BE PRETTY WET/HEAVY AND
MITIGATE THE BLOWING/DRIFTING SOMEWHAT.

ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD COME TO AN END TUESDAY EVENING. A
WEAK COLD FRONT/SHORTWAVE WILL COME THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...BUT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT.

LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

ALTHOUGH THE UPPER PATTERN WILL BE WAVY AND PROGRESSIVE...THE
CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION ANY ONE DAY WILL BE TOO LOW TO MONTION
AT THIS TIME. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ON FRIDAY...BUT
PRECIPITABLE WATER WILL BE QUITE LOW. COOL HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE
THE RULE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WITH A WARMUP ON THE BACKSIDE OF
THE HIGH LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

04
&&

.AVIATION...
ISSUED 1152 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008
MAIN BAND OF PRECIP LOOKS TO STAY JUST SOUTHEAST OF CMI/DEC
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...BUT IFR CIGS AND PERIODS OF DRIZZLE WILL
CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS ALONG/EAST OF A BMI/SPI LINE... AND
CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR CMI. VFR CONDITIONS WILL
LIKELY SNEAK INTO PIA/BMI/SPI FOR TIME THIS EVENING... BUT
LOWERING CIGS WILL AGAIN APPROACH FROM THE SOUTH AHEAD OF THE NEXT
WAVE.

LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN AT SPI/DEC AFTER 15Z TOMORROW
MORNING.

HARDIMAN
&&

.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR ILZ054>057-061>063-066>068-
071>073.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
TUESDAY FOR ILZ068-072-073.

WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY
FOR ILZ054>057-061>063-066-067-071.

SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY FOR ILZ038-042-043-
047>053.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY FOR ILZ044>046.
&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1226 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-041200-
FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-MASON-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-STARK-TAZEWELL-
WOODFORD-
1226 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

RAINFALL LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE AREA RIVERS AND
STREAMS TO SWELL ONCE AGAIN...INCLUDING THE MAINSTEM ILLINOIS
RIVER... AND OTHER SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA. PLEASE
REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR
SPECIFIC INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS TUESDAY... BUT THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE
SOUTH AND EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

ILZ042-043-047>051-041200-
CASS-DE WITT-LOGAN-MENARD-MORGAN-SANGAMON-SCOTT-
1226 PM CST MON MAR 3 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

A CONFERENCE CALL FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND MEDIA PARTNERS HAS
BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AT 230 PM CST FOR THE WINTER
STORM EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA TUESDAY.

RAINFALL LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE AREA RIVERS AND
STREAMS TO SWELL ONCE AGAIN...INCLUDING THE MAINSTEM ILLINOIS
RIVER... AND OTHER SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA. PLEASE
REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR
SPECIFIC INFORMATION.

LIGHT SNOW OR SLEET MAY DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE I-72 CORRIDOR BEFORE
DAWN... BUT THE MAIN FOCUS FOR ACCUMULATING WINTER PRECIPITATION
WILL LIKELY HOLD OFF UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE I-72 CORRIDOR
TUESDAY MORNING... AND MAY BE MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
FOR A TIME... ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-55... BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL
SNOW BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
EXCEED 5 INCHES ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA... AND FREEZING RAIN MAY
ACCUMULATE UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW.

A CONFERENCE CALL FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND MEDIA PARTNERS HAS
BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THIS AFTERNOON /MONDAY/ AT 230 PM CST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

ILZ044>046-052-053-041200-
CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-MACON-PIATT-VERMILION-
1226 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 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

A CONFERENCE CALL FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND MEDIA PARTNERS HAS
BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AT 230 PM CST FOR THE WINTER
STORM EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA TUESDAY.

RAINFALL LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE AREA RIVERS AND
STREAMS TO SWELL ONCE AGAIN.  PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER
STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE I-72 CORRIDOR
TUESDAY MORNING... AND MAY BE MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
FOR A TIME... ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-55... BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL
SNOW BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
EXCEED 5 INCHES ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA... AND FREEZING RAIN MAY
ACCUMULATE UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW.

A CONFERENCE CALL FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND MEDIA PARTNERS HAS
BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THIS AFTERNOON /MONDAY/ AT 230 PM CST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

ILZ038-041200-
MCLEAN-
1226 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A CONFERENCE CALL FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND MEDIA PARTNERS HAS
BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AT 230 PM CST FOR THE WINTER
STORM EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA TUESDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE I-72 CORRIDOR
TUESDAY MORNING... AND MAY BE MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
FOR A TIME... ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-55... BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL
SNOW BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
EXCEED 5 INCHES ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA... AND FREEZING RAIN MAY
ACCUMULATE UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW.

A CONFERENCE CALL FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND MEDIA PARTNERS HAS
BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THIS AFTERNOON /MONDAY/ AT 230 PM CST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

ILZ054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-041200-
CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-
JASPER-LAWRENCE-MOULTRIE-RICHLAND-SHELBY-
1226 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A CONFERENCE CALL FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND MEDIA PARTNERS HAS
BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THIS AFTERNOON /MONDAY/ AT 130 PM CST FOR THE
WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.

PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON WILL
CAUSE LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS TO SWELL. PLEASE REFER TO THE
LATEST RIVER STATEMENTS AND/OR FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SPECIFIC
INFORMATION.

PRECIPITATION WILL SLOWLY CHANGE OVER FROM RAIN TO A MIX OF
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATER TONIGHT... WITH THE CHANGEOVER LINE
PROGRESSING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST... REACHING THE WABASH
RIVER VALLEY BEFORE DAWN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY MORNING COULD
APPROACH ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IN PLACES. AREAS FROM EFFINGHAM
TO PARIS HAVE THE BETTER CHANCES FOR SEEING UP TO A QUARTER OF AN
INCH OF ICE BY LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO
AFFECT PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
SIGNIFICANT ICE AND/OR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

HARDIMAN