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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this winter storm warning at Dec 7, 2009, 2:59 PM CST for Knox County, Stark County, Illinois. It took effect at Dec 8, 2009, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 30 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2009, 2:59 PM CST (20:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 8, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Knox County, IL, Stark County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2:01 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 1 N Abingdon, IL | 1.0 INCH IN THE PAST HOUR. STORM TOTAL 4 INCH. SWOP OBSERVER |
| Dec 8, 5:50 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 1 N Abingdon, IL | ESTIMATED ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ON TREES AND OTHER SURFACES. SWOP REPORT. |
| Dec 9, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Altona, IL | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. 2 INCH SNOW DEPTH. |
| Dec 9, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Galesburg, IL | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. 4 INCH SNOW DEPTH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 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 072059 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 259 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON HEADED FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS PATH WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW UP TO 6 INCHES FOR AREAS NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. THERE WILL BE A SHARP CUTOFF BETWEEN HEAVY SNOW AND RAINY AREAS...AS A STRONG PUSH OF WARM AIR SURGES NORTH INTO EASTERN ILLINOIS...AHEAD OF THE LOW ON TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE MAY BE PERIODS OF SLEET IN THE TRANSITION AREA BETWEEN RAIN AND SNOW...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY EVENING. THIS WOULD WORK TO REDUCE SNOW TOTALS CLOSER TO THE ILLINOIS RIVER. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY...CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE WATCH AREA. ILZ027-028-080330- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0003.091208T1800Z-091210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WS.W.0002.091208T1800Z-091210T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 259 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING...AND INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 7 PM TUESDAY AND 3 AM WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW TOTALS UP TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY FROM GALESBURG TO TOULON NORTHWARD. * WIND: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFIES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AS ROADS QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. REDUCED VISIBILITY IS ALSO EXPECTED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ILZ029-030-036-040-080330- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0003.091208T1800Z-091210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WW.Y.0009.091208T1800Z-091210T0000Z/ PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PEORIA 259 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING...AND INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 7 PM TUESDAY AND 4 AM WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. PERIODS OF SLEET WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY EVENING. * WIND: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFIES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AS ROADS QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. REDUCED VISIBILITY IS ALSO EXPECTED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ ILZ031-037-041-080330- /O.NEW.KILX.WW.Y.0009.091208T1800Z-091210T0000Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HAVANA 259 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY MORNING...AND INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY. IT WILL LIKELY BE MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF RAIN WOULD RESULT IN LOWER SNOW TOTALS. * WIND: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFIES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AS ROADS QUICKLY BECOME SNOW OR ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. REDUCED VISIBILITY IS ALSO EXPECTED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ GEELHART
11 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KILX 080334 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 934 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON HEADED FOR THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY... .LOW PRESSURE IN SOUTHWEST COLORADO WILL DEEPEN AS IT TRACKS INTO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE BY NOON TUESDAY...EJECTING NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT AND TO NEAR CHICAGO BY DAWN WEDNESDAY. THIS PATH WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW UP TO 6 INCHES FOR AREAS NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF SNOW FROM GALESBURG NORTHWEST. THERE WILL BE A SHARP CUTOFF BETWEEN HEAVY SNOW AND RAINY AREAS...AS A STRONG PUSH OF WARM AIR SURGES NORTH INTO EASTERN ILLINOIS...AHEAD OF THE LOW ON TUESDAY EVENING. THERE MAY BE PERIODS OF SLEET IN THE TRANSITION AREA BETWEEN RAIN AND SNOW...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY EVENING. THIS WOULD WORK TO REDUCE SNOW TOTALS CLOSER TO THE ILLINOIS RIVER. VERY STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY...CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE WATCH AREA. ILZ027-028-081000- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.091208T1800Z-091210T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 934 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY TUESDAY MORNING...AND INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 7 PM TUESDAY AND 3 AM WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW TOTALS UP TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE... PRIMARILY FROM GALESBURG TO TOULON NORTHWEST. * WIND: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFIES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AS ROADS QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. REDUCED VISIBILITY IS ALSO EXPECTED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ILZ029>031-036-037-040-041-081000- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0009.091208T1800Z-091210T0000Z/ PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...HAVANA 934 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING...AND INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW COULD BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 7 PM TUESDAY AND 4 AM WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. PERIODS OF SLEET WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY EVENING. * WIND: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFIES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AS ROADS QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. REDUCED VISIBILITY IS ALSO EXPECTED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ HUETTL
000 WWUS43 KILX 080925 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 325 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY... .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE TO NEAR CHICAGO BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY. BASED ON CURRENT PROJECTIONS...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ON THE ORDER OF 5 TO 7 INCHES WILL FALL WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER AROUND THE GALESBURG AREA. ONCE THE LOW EXITS THE REGION...VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON WEDNESDAY. ILZ027-028-081600- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.091208T1800Z-091210T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 325 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWS OCCURRING BETWEEN 7 PM TUESDAY AND 3 AM WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE... PRIMARILY FROM GALESBURG TO TOULON NORTHWEST. * WIND: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFIES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AS ROADS QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. REDUCED VISIBILITY IS ALSO EXPECTED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ILZ029>031-036-037-040-041-081600- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0009.091208T1800Z-091210T0000Z/ PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...HAVANA 325 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW AND SLEET WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWS EXPECTED BETWEEN 7 PM TUESDAY AND 4 AM WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES EAST OF THE RIVER. PERIODS OF SLEET WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. * WIND: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFIES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AS ROADS QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. REDUCED VISIBILITY IS ALSO EXPECTED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ BARNES
000 WWUS43 KILX 081543 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 943 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY... .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE TO NEAR CHICAGO BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY. BASED ON CURRENT PROJECTIONS...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ON THE ORDER OF 5 TO 7 INCHES WILL FALL WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER AROUND THE GALESBURG AREA. ONCE THE LOW EXITS THE REGION...VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON WEDNESDAY. ILZ027-028-082100- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.091208T1800Z-091210T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 943 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWS OCCURRING BETWEEN 7 PM TUESDAY AND 3 AM WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE... PRIMARILY FROM GALESBURG TO TOULON NORTHWEST. * WIND: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFIES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AS ROADS QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. REDUCED VISIBILITY IS ALSO EXPECTED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ILZ029>031-036-037-040-041-082100- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0009.091208T1800Z-091210T0000Z/ PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...HAVANA 943 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW AND SLEET WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWS EXPECTED BETWEEN 7 PM TUESDAY AND 4 AM WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES EAST OF THE RIVER. PERIODS OF SLEET WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. * WIND: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFIES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AS ROADS QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. REDUCED VISIBILITY IS ALSO EXPECTED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ GEELHART
000 WWUS43 KILX 082031 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 231 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO WEDNESDAY... .RAPIDLY DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO NEAR CHICAGO BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS A LARGE PART OF THE MIDWEST. IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED IN AREAS WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. ONCE THE LOW EXITS THE REGION... VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON WEDNESDAY. ILZ027-028-090245- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 231 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF AROUND SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL BE MIXED IN AT TIMES THROUGH LATE EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY FROM GALESBURG TO TOULON NORTHWEST. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...A TENTH INCH OR LESS...ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * WIND: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFIES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AS ROADS QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. REDUCED VISIBILITY IS ALSO EXPECTED DURING THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...REDUCING VISIBILITIES ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ILZ029>031-036-037-040-041-090245- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/ PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...HAVANA 231 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL AFFECT THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY INTO LATE EVENING...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW. THIS SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DIMINISHING TOWARD SUNRISE. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY... WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH A TENTH INCH...AGAIN MAINLY WEST OF THE RIVER. * WIND: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFIES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AS ROADS QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. REDUCED VISIBILITY IS ALSO EXPECTED DURING THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...REDUCING VISIBILITIES ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ GEELHART
000 WWUS43 KILX 090150 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 750 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO WEDNESDAY... .RAPIDLY DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING TO NEAR CHICAGO BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS A LARGE PART OF THE MIDWEST. IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED IN AREAS WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. ONCE THE LOW EXITS THE REGION...VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...FALLING TEMPERATURES COUPLED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL DRIVE WIND CHILL READINGS DOWN INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS DURING THE AFTERNOON. ILZ027-028-090700- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 750 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: A TEMPORARY LULL IN THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING COUPLED WITH INCREASING WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES. * ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL SNOW TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY FROM GALESBURG TO TOULON NORTHWEST...WITH STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AROUND 6 INCHES BY MORNING. ADDITIONAL MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS...ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * WIND: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFIES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AS ROADS QUICKLY REFREEZE LATE TONIGHT AND BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. REDUCED VISIBILITY IS ALSO EXPECTED DURING THE HEAVIER SNOW BURSTS LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...REDUCING VISIBILITIES ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ILZ029>031-036-037-040-041-090700- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/ PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...HAVANA 750 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND THEN TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PLOWS THROUGH THE AREA. THIS SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DIMINISHING TOWARD SUNRISE. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY... WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE AND MAY REACH UP TO A TENTH INCH...AGAIN MAINLY WEST OF THE RIVER. * WIND: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFIES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AS ROADS QUICKLY REFREEZE AND BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. REDUCED VISIBILITY IS ALSO EXPECTED DURING THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL LATE TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...REDUCING VISIBILITIES ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 090718 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 118 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO WEDNESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST FROM WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS TO NORTH OF CHICAGO BY MORNING...RESULTING IN A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS A LARGE PART OF THE MIDWEST. IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED IN AREAS NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. ONCE THE LOW EXITS THE REGION...VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...FALLING TEMPERATURES COUPLED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL DRIVE WIND CHILL READINGS DOWN INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS DURING THE AFTERNOON. ILZ027-028-091100- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 118 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: A TEMPORARY LULL IN THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO THIS MORNING COUPLED WITH INCREASING WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES. * ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL SNOW TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY FROM GALESBURG TO TOULON NORTHWEST...WITH STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AROUND 6 INCHES BY MORNING. ADDITIONAL MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS...ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * WIND: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING EARLY THIS MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFIES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH BY LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AS ROADS QUICKLY REFREEZE AND BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. REDUCED VISIBILITY IS ALSO EXPECTED DURING THE HEAVIER SNOW BURSTS LATE TONIGHT INTO THIS MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY...REDUCING VISIBILITIES ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ILZ029>031-036-037-040-041-091100- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/ PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...HAVANA 118 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: A TEMPORARY LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO THIS MORNING COUPLED WITH INCREASING WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY... WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE AND MAY REACH UP TO A TENTH INCH...AGAIN MAINLY NORTHWEST OF THE RIVER. * WIND: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING EARLY THIS MORNING...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFIES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH BY LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AS ROADS QUICKLY REFREEZE AND BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY BY THIS MORNING. REDUCED VISIBILITY IS ALSO EXPECTED DURING THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL LATE TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY...REDUCING VISIBILITIES ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ AUTEN
000 WWUS43 KILX 090905 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 305 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY TODAY... .LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY THIS MORNING...AS DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE TRACKS INTO THE GREAT LAKES. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. AS THE LOW MOVES FURTHER AWAY...VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP...WITH GUSTS POTENTIALLY REACHING 50 MPH. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES ACROSS KNOX AND STARK COUNTIES...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ILZ027-028-091600- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 305 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WIND: WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WIND GUSTS MAY REACH 50 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND ROADS QUICKLY REFREEZE AND BECOME SNOW COVERED. AS WINDS INCREASE CONSIDERABLY...DRIVING WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS. IN ADDITION...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR...REDUCING VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ILZ029>031-036-037-040-041-091600- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/ PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...HAVANA 305 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WIND: WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WIND GUSTS MAY REACH 50 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND ROADS QUICKLY REFREEZE AND BECOME SLIPPERY. AS WINDS INCREASE CONSIDERABLY...DRIVING WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ BARNES
000 WWUS43 KILX 091544 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 944 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...LINGERING EFFECTS FROM DEPARTING WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... .LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY THROUGH MIDDAY...THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. ILZ027-028-092100- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 944 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES DURING THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED. * WIND: WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...WITH SLICK SPOTS FROM THE SNOW AND ICE. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS DUE TO THE HIGH WINDS. IN ADDITION...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR...REDUCING VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ILZ029>031-036-037-040-041-092100- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/ PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...HAVANA 944 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. * WIND: WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...WITH ICY PATCHES DUE TO THE EARLIER WET ROADS FREEZING UP. THE HIGH WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE DIFFICULTLY WITH DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ GEELHART
000 WWUS43 KILX 092106 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 306 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...LINGERING EFFECTS FROM DEPARTING WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING... .LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...THEN BE REDUCED TO FLURRIES FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. CONTINUING GUSTY WINDS WILL MAINTAIN AN ISSUE OF BLOWING SNOW FOR AREAS NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY. WHILE LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. ILZ027-028-100015- /O.EXB.KILX.WW.Y.0009.091210T0000Z-091210T1500Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 306 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: BLOWING SNOW WILL REMAIN AN ISSUE MAINLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT TRANSITIONING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS * ACCUMULATIONS: LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ANTICIPATED * WIND: WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...WITH ICY PATCHES. THE HIGH WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE DIFFICULTLY WITH DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE NEGATIVE TEENS BY EARLY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ILZ029-030-036-100015- /O.EXT.KILX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T1500Z/ PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PEORIA 306 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: BLOWING SNOW WILL REMAIN AN ISSUE MAINLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT TRANSITIONING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS * ACCUMULATIONS: LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ANTICIPATED * WIND: WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...WITH ICY PATCHES. THE HIGH WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE DIFFICULTLY WITH DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE NEGATIVE TEENS BY EARLY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ILZ031-037-040-041-100000- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HAVANA 306 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. * WIND: WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...WITH ICY PATCHES DUE TO THE EARLIER WET ROADS FREEZING UP. THE HIGH WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE DIFFICULTLY WITH DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ HJS
000 WWUS43 KILX 092353 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 553 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ILZ027-028-100800- /O.EXP.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0009.091210T0000Z-091210T1500Z/ KNOX-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 553 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 600 PM THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REPLACED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND LOW WIND CHILL VALUES AFTER MIDNIGHT. && $$ ILZ031-037-040-041-100100- /O.EXP.KILX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HAVANA 553 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT OVER THE PAST 24 TO 36 HOURS...WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. $$ ILZ029-030-036-100800- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T1500Z/ PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PEORIA 553 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY. A NEW WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WAS ISSUED FOR BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL...AND WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING: BLOWING SNOW WILL REMAIN AN ISSUE MAINLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT TRANSITIONING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS * ACCUMULATIONS: LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ANTICIPATED * WIND: WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...WITH ICY PATCHES. THE HIGH WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE DIFFICULTLY WITH DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE NEGATIVE TEENS BY EARLY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SMITH
000 WWUS43 KILX 100029 CCA WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 625 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ILZ027-028-100845- /O.EXP.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/ /O.COR.KILX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T1500Z/ KNOX-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 625 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 600 PM THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REPLACED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. && $$ ILZ031-037-040-041-100130- /O.COR.KILX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T0000Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HAVANA 625 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY EXPIRED AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT OVER THE PAST 24 TO 36 HOURS...WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. $$ ILZ029-030-036-100845- /O.COR.KILX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T1500Z/ PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PEORIA 625 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY. A NEW WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL...AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING: BLOWING SNOW WILL REMAIN AN ISSUE MAINLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT TRANSITIONING INTO WIND CHILL CONCERNS LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS: LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. * WIND: WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...WITH ICY PATCHES. THE HIGH WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE DIFFICULTLY WITH DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE NEGATIVE TEENS BY EARLY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SMITH
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 Dec 7, 11:22 AM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 11:22 AM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1122 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 1033 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 WEAK TROUGH CURRENTLY WORKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE AREA...LOCATED JUST EAST OF I-55 LATE THIS MORNING. MUCH OF THE EARLIER SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF TO DRIZZLE OR FLURRIES...MAINLY LOCATED NORTH OF I-74. LOW CLOUDS PREVAILING OVER THE AREA...ALTHOUGH VISIBLE SATELLITE SHOWING A FEW BREAKS JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE CWA. ZONE/GRIDS UPDATES WERE MAINLY MINOR...BASICALLY TO END THE PRECIPITATION AND UPDATE THE TEMPERATURE/DEWPOINT TRENDS. 12Z MODELS INDICATING THAT A BIT OF BREAKUP IN THE CLOUDS MAY BE POSSIBLE BRIEFLY...BUT HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL QUICKLY COVER UP ANY OF THESE BREAKS...SO A MOSTLY CLOUDY FORECAST STILL LOOKS GOOD. GEELHART && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1122 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 LOWER CEILINGS WILL BE THE MAIN ISSUE FOR THE FIRST AND LAST PORTIONS OF THE TAF PERIOD. CEILINGS HAVE BEEN CREEPING UPWARD THIS MORNING...AND HAVE MAINLY REACHED THE 1200 FT RANGE WITH SOME AREAS A FEW HUNDRED FEET LOWER. VISIBILITIES ALSO SLOWLY INCREASING FROM WEST TO EAST...AS A WEAK TROUGH PUSHES EAST ACROSS THE TAF SITES. HUMIDITY ANALYSIS PLOTS FROM THE MODELS SHOWING THE CEILINGS SHOULD SLOWLY INCREASE INTO THE EVENING...BUT STILL REMAIN IN THE MVFR RANGE AROUND KPIA/KBMI. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES EXPECTED TO BEGIN DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT AGAIN...AS THE EFFECTS OF A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA. SHOULD SEE SOME AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NORTHERN TAF SITES TOWARD DAYBREAK...TRANSITIONING INTO MORE OF A RAIN/SNOW MIX BY THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. WILL LEAVE THE REMAINING TAF SITES DRY AT THIS TIME...AS THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MORE LIKELY JUST BEYOND THE TAF PERIOD. GEELHART && .PREV DISCUSSION... ISSUED 240 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGE CONTINUES TO BE THE TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...AND THE ASSOCIATED PRECIPITATION TYPE. SURFACE LOW TRACK WILL BE FROM SW TO NE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION NEAR THE LOW TRACK...AND SNOW TO THE NW OF THE TRACK. AREAS NEAR GALESBURG COULD RECEIVE AROUND 6 INCHES TUES NIGHT AND WED. VERY STRONG NW WINDS WOULD RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THEREFORE...WILL EXTEND THE CURRENT WINTER STORM WATCH THAT BEGINS AT 18Z TUES...TO 00Z THU. COLD FRONT LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPED IN CENTRAL MO...NOW RIDING NE ALONG THE FRONT. -SN WAS FALLING TO THE NORTH OF THIS LOW...WE ARE RECEIVING SNOW ACCUMULATION TOTALS OF AROUND A HALF INCH AROUND MIDNIGHT. SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN AT THE MID LEVELS. ONCE THIS OCCURS...THERE IS VERY LITTLE MOISTURE AT THE LEVELS BELOW 10C...AND ICE CRYSTALS ARE NO LONGER PRESENT IN THE CLOUDS. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES PERSIST TODAY...AS HIGH CLOUDS IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT SYSTEM...STREAM INTO THE FORECAST AREA. GFS AND ECMWF IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE TRACK OF THE SFC LOW ACROSS IL...ROUGHLY ALONG I-55. THE NAM IS FURTHER TO THE NW...ALONG THE IL RVR WHICH...IF TRUE...SHIFTS THE HEAVY SNOW JUST NW OF THE FORECAST AREA. NAM APPEARS TO BE AN OUTLIER...AND THE GFS AND ECMWF HAVE BEEN FAIRLY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS FORECASTS...SO WL SIDE WITH THE GFS/ECMWF. ISENTROPIC LIFT SETS UP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE DAY TUES...RESULTING IN PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA. WARM AIR IS DRAWN INTO THE FORECAST AREA...AND THE PRECIPITATION REMAINS RAIN ACROSS THE SE PART OF THE AREA. THE AIR IS STILL COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW IN THE EXTREME NW. MODEL SOUNDINGS AT 00Z WED IN THE SE SHOW SOME STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES...SO THERE MAY BE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MIXED IN WITH THE RAIN TO THE SOUTH OF I-70. LOW LEVEL WAA CONTINUES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE FA THROUGH 06Z WED...AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE INDICATING MIXED PRECIPITATION...AND EVEN SOME SLEET MIXED IN. MEANWHILE THE SOUNDINGS STILL SUPPORT ALL SNOW TO THE WEST OF THE IL RIVER. COLD AIR RETURNS EARLY WED MORNING...AND THE PRECIPITATION IN THE EAST CHANGES TO SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR TO BE TO THE WEST OF THE IL RIVER. LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY SFC LOW MOVES NE OF THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY...VERY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THIS LOW WILL RESULT IN STRONG NW WINDS WEDNESDAY AND INTO WED NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WHERE SNOWFALL FROM THE TUE NIGHT AND WED SYSTEM IS THE GREATEST. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN THU MORNING...ALLOWING WINDS TO DIMINISH. VERY VERY COLD AIR WILL POUR INTO THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A FEW DEGREES COLDER IN AREAS WHERE SNOWPACK EXISTS...THEREFORE LOWERED TEMPERATURES WED NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT WEST OF THE IL RVR. DPK && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR ILZ027>030-036-040. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 7, 10:57 AM CST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1057 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ILZ027>030-036-040-081200- FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-STARK- 1057 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY...PRODUCING A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. ONCE THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY...WITH GUSTS INCREASING TO BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...WITH LOW VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... A CONFERENCE CALL ABOUT THIS STORM WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND THE BROADCAST MEDIA AT 2 PM. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...ALTHOUGH SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. ILZ031-037-038-041>043-047>051-081200- CASS-DE WITT-LOGAN-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-SANGAMON-SCOTT- TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 1057 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...BETWEEN THE ILLINOIS RIVER AND I-55. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR INTERESTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER FROM HAVANA DOWNSTREAM... RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY...PRODUCING A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW AND SLEET...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY TUESDAY NIGHT. PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. ONCE THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY...WITH GUSTS INCREASING TO BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ044>046-052>057-061>063-081200- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-COLES-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-MACON- MOULTRIE-PIATT-SHELBY-VERMILION- 1057 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...BETWEEN I-55 AND THE INDIANA BORDER. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY...PRODUCING RAIN...CHANGING TO A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. ONCE THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY...WITH GUSTS INCREASING TO BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ066>068-071>073-081200- CLAY-CRAWFORD-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 1057 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY...PRODUCING RAIN...CHANGING TO A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. ONCE THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY...WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY INCREASING TO BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LINCOLN. THIS ADDRESS IS ALL IN LOWER CASE. GEELHART
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Local storm report, Dec 7, 9:38 AM CST, 5 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
938 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0937 AM SNOW HENRY 41.11N 89.36W
12/07/2009 E1.0 INCH MARSHALL IL EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORTED BY HENRY ESDA
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GEELHARTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 2:59 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Mason, Peoria, Schuyler and 3 more | 60 hr |
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