Alert archive / Illinois / Winter Storm Warnings in 2010
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this winter storm warning at Feb 20, 2010, 3:11 PM CST for 6 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 21, 2010, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr. 16 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 20, 2010, 3:11 PM CST (21:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 21, 2010, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2010, 3:22 AM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Stark County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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 21, 4:45 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Altona, IL | TOTAL SO FAR...VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/2SM |
| Feb 21, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 N Abingdon, IL | SWOP REPORT |
| Feb 21, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Peoria, IL | TOTAL THROUGH 6PM |
| Feb 21, 7:30 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Canton, IL | SNOW TOTAL SO FAR |
| Feb 21, 7:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Farmington, IL | SNOW TOTAL SO FAR...2 INCHES IN THE PAST 3 HOURS |
| Feb 21, 8:10 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | 5 Nw Peoria, IL | TOTAL SO FAR...STILL SNOWING. MEASURED ON THE NW SIDE OF PEORIA. |
| Feb 21, 8:14 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 S Mossville, IL | TOTAL SO FAR |
| Feb 21, 8:50 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Altona, IL | TOTAL SO FAR...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE COUNTRY |
| Feb 21, 8:50 PM CST | SNOW 6.2 | 1 N Abingdon, IL | TOTAL SO FAR...SWOP REPORT |
| Feb 21, 9:10 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 2 Nw Elmira, IL | TOTAL SO FAR...SWOP REPORT |
| Feb 21, 9:23 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Hopewell, IL | TOTAL SO FAR |
| Feb 21, 9:24 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Henry, IL | SNOFALL OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS...SWOP REPORT |
| Feb 21, 10:02 PM CST | SNOW 2.4 | Henry, IL | SNOW FELL OVER THE PAST 8 HOURS...0.8 INCHES FELL IN THE PAST HOUR |
| Feb 21, 10:03 PM CST | SNOW 3.1 | Gilson, IL | TOTAL SO FAR...SWOP REPORT |
| Feb 21, 11:38 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 2 Nw Elmira, IL | TOTAL SO FAR...SWOP REPORT |
| Feb 22, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.6 | Peoria, IL | STORM TOTAL THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL DIMINISHING. |
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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 515 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
882 WWUS43 KILX 202111 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 311 PM CST SAT FEB 20 2010 ...WINTER STORM TAKING AIM ON PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM NOW DEVELOPING OVER WEST TEXAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI BY SUNDAY EVENING AND CROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS SUNDAY NIGHT. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE TRACK OF THE LOW...WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. LOCATIONS TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER ARE PROJECTED TO BE WITHIN THIS HEAVY SNOW BAND...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW BEGINNING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST NOON ON MONDAY. AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF MONDAY AFTERNOON... NORTHERLY WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FOR A SHORT TIME UNTIL THE WINDS DECREASE MONDAY NIGHT. ILZ027>030-036-040-210300- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0003.100221T1200Z-100223T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WS.W.0003.100221T1800Z-100223T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 311 PM CST SAT FEB 20 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER TONIGHT...AND BECOME HEAVY MIDDAY SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND START TAPERING OFF DURING MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY. * WIND...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS ABOVE 30 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OVER MOST LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. INCREASING WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ CHURCHILL
7 follow-up statements
084 WWUS43 KILX 210240 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 840 PM CST SAT FEB 20 2010 ...WINTER STORM TAKING AIM ON PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM NOW DEVELOPING OVER WEST TEXAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI BY SUNDAY EVENING AND CROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS SUNDAY NIGHT. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE TRACK OF THE LOW...WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. LOCATIONS TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER ARE PROJECTED TO BE WITHIN THIS HEAVY SNOW BAND...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW BEGINNING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST NOON ON MONDAY. AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF MONDAY AFTERNOON... NORTHERLY WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FOR A SHORT TIME UNTIL THE WINDS DECREASE MONDAY NIGHT. ILZ027>030-036-040-210900- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0003.100221T1800Z-100223T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 840 PM CST SAT FEB 20 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER TONIGHT...AND BECOME HEAVY MIDDAY SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND START TAPERING OFF DURING MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY. * WIND...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS ABOVE 30 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OVER MOST LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. INCREASING WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$
214 WWUS43 KILX 210839 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 239 AM CST SUN FEB 21 2010 ...WINTER STORM SPINNING UP TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM CENTERED IN NORTHERN TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI BY THIS EVENING AND CROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATER TONIGHT. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE TRACK OF THE LOW...WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. LOCATIONS TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER ARE PROJECTED TO BE WITHIN THIS HEAVY SNOW BAND...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ON MONDAY. AREAS JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER CAN EXPECT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS FARTHER NORTH IN WOODFORD AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...NORTHERLY WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FOR A SHORT TIME UNTIL THE WINDS DECREASE MONDAY NIGHT. ILZ027>030-036-040-211700- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0003.100221T1800Z-100223T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 239 AM CST SUN FEB 21 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING...WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF ON MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. * WIND...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS ABOVE 30 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OVER MOST LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. INCREASING WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ ILZ031-037-041-047-211700- /O.NEW.KILX.WW.Y.0007.100221T1800Z-100223T0000Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MASON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HAVANA 239 AM CST SUN FEB 21 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF ON MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS FARTHER NORTH IN WOODFORD AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES. RAIN MAY MIX IN AT TIMES AS WARM AIR SURGES NORTHWARD...REDUCING SNOW TOTALS FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST. * WIND...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS ABOVE 30 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TODAY DUE TO SLIPPERY CONDITIONS...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. LOW VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SHIMON
407 WWUS43 KILX 211555 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 955 AM CST SUN FEB 21 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY... .LOW PRESSURE IN NORTH TEXAS WILL DEEPEN AS IT EJECTS NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THIS EVENING AND OVER SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE TRACK OF THE LOW. BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. LOCATIONS TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER ARE PROJECTED TO BE WITHIN THIS HEAVY SNOW BAND...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW BEGINNING LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY NOON MONDAY. AREAS JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER CAN EXPECT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS FARTHER NORTH IN WOODFORD AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON... NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 30 MPH ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW UNTIL THE WINDS DECREASE MONDAY NIGHT. ILZ027>030-036-040-212200- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0003.100221T1800Z-100223T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 955 AM CST SUN FEB 21 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL RETURN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF BY NOON MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. THE LOWER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER AND THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A GALESBURG TO TOULON LINE IN KNOX AND STARK COUNTIES. * WIND...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OVER MOST LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. INCREASING WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. FOR ILLINOIS ROAD CONDITIONS CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-452-4368. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ ILZ031-037-041-047-212200- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0007.100221T1800Z-100223T0000Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MASON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HAVANA 955 AM CST SUN FEB 21 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SNOW AND LIGHT WILL WILL RETURN THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME HEAVIER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY NOON MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS FARTHER NORTH IN WOODFORD AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES CLOSER TO THE ILLINOIS RIVER. RAIN MAY MIX IN AT TIMES AS WARM AIR SURGES NORTHWARD...REDUCING SNOW TOTALS FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST. * WIND...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TODAY DUE TO SLIPPERY CONDITIONS...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. LOW VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ HUETTL
981 WWUS43 KILX 212125 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 325 PM CST SUN FEB 21 2010 ...WINTER STORM HAS BEGUN WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER... .SNOW HAS BEEN INCREASING LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS AHEAD OF A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI. THE CENTER OF THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD ST. LOUIS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO WESTERN INDIANA BY DAWN ON MONDAY. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEST OF THE STORM TRACK...WITH STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES LIKELY ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. COUNTIES ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER TO THE EAST WILL SEE LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES LIKELY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...HOWEVER STRONG NORTH WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE STORM MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. ILZ027>030-036-040-220200- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100223T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 325 PM CST SUN FEB 21 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW HAS BEGUN OVER MOST OF THE WARNING AREA AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS MONDAY. HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE FROM MID EVENING TONIGHT THROUGH THE PRE-DAWN HOURS MONDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY. * WIND...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. THE WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OVER MOST LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER THROUGH MONDAY. INCREASING WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON. 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. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ ILZ031-037-041-047-220200- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-100223T0000Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MASON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HAVANA 325 PM CST SUN FEB 21 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW HAS ALREADY BEGUN OVER PARTS OF THE ADVISORY AREA AND WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * WIND...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT DUE TO SLIPPERY CONDITIONS AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. INCREASING WINDS FROM MIDDAY MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING MAY ALSO HAMPER TRAVEL DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CHURCHILL
796 WWUS43 KILX 220157 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 757 PM CST SUN FEB 21 2010 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER... .SNOW HAS BEEN INCREASING EARLY THIS EVENING OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AHEAD OF A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THE CENTER OF THE LOW WILL MOVE SOUTH OF ST. LOUIS LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE ON A EAST NORTHEAST TRACK INTO SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA BY MONDAY MORNING. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR WEST AND NORTH OF THE STORM TRACK...WITH STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES LIKELY ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. COUNTIES ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER TO THE EAST WILL SEE LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES LIKELY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATER MONDAY MORNING...HOWEVER GUSTY NORTH WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE STORM MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. ILZ027>030-036-040-220800- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100223T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 757 PM CST SUN FEB 21 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES OVER THE WARNING AREA THIS EVENING AND IS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS MONDAY. HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE FROM MID EVENING TONIGHT THROUGH THE PRE- DAWN HOURS MONDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY. * WIND...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE MONDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. THE WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS OVER MOST LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER THROUGH MONDAY. INCREASING WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON. 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. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ ILZ031-037-041-047-220800- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-100223T0000Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MASON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HAVANA 757 PM CST SUN FEB 21 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES OVER PARTS OF THE ADVISORY AREA AND WILL OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SOME PATCHY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AS THE RAIN TRANSITIONS OVER TO SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY BY MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT DUE TO SLIPPERY CONDITIONS AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. INCREASING WINDS MONDAY MORNING THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS MAY ALSO HAMPER TRAVEL DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SMITH
651 WWUS43 KILX 220747 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 147 AM CST MON FEB 22 2010 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN... .SNOW HAS BEEN DECREASING SINCE MIDNIGHT. THE CENTER OF THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THE REST OF THE NIGHT AND REACH SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA BY MID MORNING. 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN MOST AREAS NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE RIVER. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THE REST OF THE NIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH. ILZ027>030-036-040-221800- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100223T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 147 AM CST MON FEB 22 2010 ...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...SNOW WILL DIMINISH OVER THE WARNING AREA THE REST OF THE NIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. * ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY. * WIND...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE MONDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. THE WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS OVER MOST LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. 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. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ ILZ031-037-041-047-221800- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-100223T0000Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MASON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HAVANA 147 AM CST MON FEB 22 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH THE REST OF THE NIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN AN INCH. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY BY SUNRISE. * WIND...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY...DUE TO SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS AND WALKWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SHIMON
250 WWUS43 KILX 220922 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 322 AM CST MON FEB 22 2010 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED...AS THE LOW PULLS INTO INDIANA THIS MORNING. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP TODAY...BUT THE WET HEAVY SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO BLOW AROUND. ILZ027>030-036-040-221030- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100223T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 322 AM CST MON FEB 22 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOWFALL HAS DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY FOR AREAS NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. FLURRIES MAY LINGER INTO THE MORNING HOURS...BUT LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MOST ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY THIS MORNING...SO CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$ ILZ031-037-041-047-221030- /O.CAN.KILX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-100223T0000Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MASON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HAVANA 322 AM CST MON FEB 22 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF FOR THE ADVISORY AREAS SOUTHEAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL LINGER INTO THE MORNING HOURS...BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MANY ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY THIS MORNING...SO CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$ SHIMON
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 20, 3:00 PM CST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 3:00 PM CST, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 300 PM CST SAT FEB 20 2010 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 300 PM CST SAT FEB 20 2010 SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH IS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AT THIS TIME. THIS FEATURE WILL WEAKEN WITH TIME IN FAVOR OF NEXT UPSTREAM STORM NOW DEVELOPING OVER WEST TEXAS. INTENSE BAROCLINIC ZONE IS COMING TOGETHER FROM SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA TO SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...WHERE TEMPERATURES IN NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA ARE IN THE MID 30S VERSUS MID 60S IN THE SOUTHEAST. MIXED PRECIPITATION IS ALREADY MOVING INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI TO THE NORTH OF THE FROM THIS AFTERNOON. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATER TONIGHT WITH A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND PERHAPS LIGHT SLEET OVER THE SOUTHWEST. THE NORTH SHOULD SEE MAINLY LIGHT SNOW... WITH THE SOUTH/EAST MAINLY RAIN. THE DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT AND BE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI BY THE END OF THE DAY SUN...THEN MOVE INTO EAST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY SUNRISE MONDAY. QUITE A BIT OF WARM AIR WILL BE WRAPPED INTO THIS SYSTEM...WITH MOST OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS SEEING MAINLY RAIN AND LITTLE IF ANY SNOW. HOWEVER... LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL REMAIN IN THE COLD AIR AND BE WITHIN THE HEAVY SNOW BAND TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE STORM TRACK. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM RUSHVILLE TO PEORIA TO LACON. THE TIME FRAME OF HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH DAWN MONDAY...WITH LIGHTER SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. SINCE THIS SOLUTION IS PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH THE PREVIOUS FORECAST...WILL REPLACE THE CURRENT WATCH WITH A WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON SUNDAY TIL 6PM MONDAY. THE RAIN/SNOW LINE WILL INITIALLY BE ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER...THEN SHIFT SOUTHEASTWARD AS THE LOW DEPARTS THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JACKSONVILLE TO DECATUR TO DANVILLE SHOULD GET A HALF INCH OF SNOW OR LESS. FOR NOW WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LINGERING LIGHT SNOW FOR MONDAY NIGHT...BUT THIS MAY END UP BEING GENEROUS DEPENDING ON THE SPEED OF THE UPPER TROUGH. LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THE LONGER RANGE MODELS SHOW THE NEXT UPPER TROUGH COMING SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE MIDWEST AROUND MIDWEEK...WITH THE TROUGH CLOSING OFF AND BECOMING AN UPPER LOW NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY. MOISTURE WILL BE MORE SPARCE WITH THIS SYSTEM...SO WILL INTRODUCE SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR LIGHT SNOW. THE REMAINDER OF THE LONG RANGE FORECAST LOOKS DRY AS CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES INTO THE REGION. 04 && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1155 AM CST SAT FEB 20 2010 VFR CONDITIONS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH SEVERAL LARGE BREAKS IN LOW CLOUDS SOUTH OF I-74...WILL DETERORIATE FROM WEST TO EAST AS IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WEST OF THE IL RIVER MOVE IN BEHIND A WEAK INVERTED SURFACE TROF THAT MOVES EAST FROM WESTERN IL (FROM GALESBURG TO JACKSONVILLE) INTO EASTERN IL BY CMI BY EARLY THIS EVENING. SSE WINDS NEAR 10 KTS AHEAD OF THIS SURFACE TROF EARLY AFTERNOON BECOME LIGHT NORTH BEHIND THE TROF. SNOW MELT TODAY WITH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S ADDING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WHICH WILL AID IN DEVELOPMENT OF FOG AND IFR VISIBITIES LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. 1003 MB LOW PRESSURE DEEPENING OVER CENTRAL CO AND 1007 MB LOW PRESSURE OVER WEST TX WILL JOIN FORCES AND MOVE INTO EASTERN OK BY 18Z/NOON SUNDAY. INCREASING ISENTROPIC LIFT AND WARM AIR ADVECTION AHEAD OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD RAIN NE ACROSS CENTRAL IL BETWEEN 09Z-13Z (3-7 AM) AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH CEILINGS BELOW 1K FT AND VSBYS 1-2 MILES. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE RAIN ALONG THE IL RIVER AT PIA AND HAVE VSBYS LOWEST THERE AT A MILE. HUETTL && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR ILZ027>030-036-040. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 20, 10:35 AM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1035 AM CST SAT FEB 20 2010 ILZ027>030-036-040-211200- FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-STARK- 1035 AM CST SAT FEB 20 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW MAY DEVELOP AFTER 3 AM TONIGHT...WITH A DUSTING OF NEW SNOW POSSIBLE BY DAWN SUNDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY...BEFORE LETTING UP FOR A TIME. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT...WHEN THE MAJORITY OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...ESPECIALLY TOWARDS GALESBURG AND TOULON IN KNOX AND STARK COUNTIES. RAIN WILL MIX WITH THE SNOW CLOSER TO THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY. THE SNOW AND RAIN SHOULD DIMINISH LATER MONDAY...AS COLDER AIR ARRIVES ON NORTHWEST WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ031-037-038-041>043-047>051-211200- CASS-DE WITT-LOGAN-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-SANGAMON-SCOTT- TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 1035 AM CST SAT FEB 20 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD SNOW AND RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS ON SUNDAY. THE BETTER CHANCES OF SNOW WILL BE FARTHER NORTHWEST...CLOSER TO THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY. RAIN WILL BE MORE LIKE THE FARTHER SOUTHEAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER YOU GO. THE BEST CHANCES FOR MEASURABLE SNOW WILL BE SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. ANY LINGERING RAIN ON MONDAY WILL CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON...AS COLD AIR ARRIVES ON BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS. ONLY LIGHT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ044>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-211200- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS- EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MACON-MOULTRIE-PIATT-RICHLAND- SHELBY-VERMILION- 1035 AM CST SAT FEB 20 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS SUNDAY. SOME LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING NORTH OF I-70 AT THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. AREAS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SHELBYVILLE TO CHAMPAIGN SHOULD SEE PRECIPITATION AS ALL RAIN BY MID DAY ON SUNDAY...THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT NORTH OF CHAMPAIGN TO DANVILLE...BUT ANY ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE AN INCH OR LESS. ANY LINGERING RAIN ON MONDAY WILL CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON...AS COLD AIR ARRIVES ON BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. KH
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Local storm report, Feb 20, 11:04 AM CST, 4 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1104 AM CST SAT FEB 20 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 AM SNOW PEORIA 40.74N 89.61W
02/20/2010 M1.4 INCH PEORIA IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS
TOTAL THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
1258 AM SNOW BLOOMINGTON 40.48N 88.97W
02/20/2010 M0.7 INCH MCLEAN IL NWS EMPLOYEE
0114 AM SNOW ALTONA 41.12N 90.16W
02/20/2010 M0.5 INCH KNOX IL CO-OP OBSERVER
LIGHT SLEET AT TIMES
0330 AM SNOW OGDEN 40.12N 87.96W
02/20/2010 M0.8 INCH CHAMPAIGN IL CO-OP OBSERVER
LIGHT DRIZZLE AND SNOW MIX AT 4 AM.
0423 AM SNOW 1 N ABINGDON 40.82N 90.40W
02/20/2010 M1.4 INCH KNOX IL MESONET
SNOWFALL IN PAST 8 HRS. SWOP REPORT
0545 AM SNOW CHILLICOTHE 40.92N 89.50W
02/20/2010 M1.0 INCH PEORIA IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0600 AM SNOW GERMANTOWN HILLS 40.77N 89.47W
02/20/2010 M1.0 INCH WOODFORD IL CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR SNOWFALL SINCE 6 AM
0700 AM SNOW 3 SSE BRADFORD 41.14N 89.64W
02/20/2010 M1.0 INCH MARSHALL IL CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL/24 HR TOTAL
0700 AM SNOW ST. DAVID 40.49N 90.05W
02/20/2010 M1.4 INCH FULTON IL CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR SNOWFALL
0700 AM SNOW MORTON 40.61N 89.47W
02/20/2010 M1.3 INCH TAZEWELL IL CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR SNOWFALL WITH A LITTLE SLEET AND RAIN MIXED IN AT
TIMES.
0800 AM SNOW 5 NW PEORIA 40.80N 89.68W
02/20/2010 M1.5 INCH PEORIA IL CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR SNOWFALL.
0843 AM SNOW EUREKA 40.72N 89.28W
02/20/2010 E1.3 INCH WOODFORD IL MESONET
NEW SNOWFALL OVER THE PAST 12 HRS. SWOP REPORT.
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THE TOTALS BELOW ARE SEPARATED INTO SNOW...AND ICE AND SLEET
CATEGORIES...THEN BY AMOUNT...AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE
FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION.
SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT...
INCHES LOCATION COUNTY TIME
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1.50 5 NW PEORIA PEORIA 0800 AM
1.40 ST. DAVID FULTON 0700 AM
1.40 1 N ABINGDON KNOX 0423 AM
1.40 PEORIA PEORIA 1200 AM
1.30 EUREKA WOODFORD 0843 AM
1.30 MORTON TAZEWELL 0700 AM
1.00 3 SSE BRADFORD MARSHALL 0700 AM
1.00 GERMANTOWN HILLS WOODFORD 0600 AM
1.00 CHILLICOTHE PEORIA 0545 AM
0.80 OGDEN CHAMPAIGN 0330 AM
0.70 BLOOMINGTON MCLEAN 1258 AM
0.50 ALTONA KNOX 0114 AM
TLGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 3:29 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Schuyler, Stark | 12 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.