Alert archive / Illinois / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this winter storm warning at Jan 31, 2011, 1:24 PM CST for 19 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 1, 2011, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 30 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2011, 1:24 PM CST (19:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2011, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Macon County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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 1, 6:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 10 S Martinsville, IL | |
| Feb 1, 6:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.75 | 2 S Moweaqua, IL | 0.83 LIQUID |
| Feb 1, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.2 | Ogden, IL | |
| Feb 1, 6:49 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Effingham, IL | SOME SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN...AND ON POWER LINES |
| Feb 1, 7:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 3 Sw Effingham, IL | |
| Feb 1, 7:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Casey, IL | |
| Feb 1, 7:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | 7 Nw Robinson, IL | |
| Feb 1, 7:50 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 3 W Bismarck, IL | SOME SLEET MIXED IN |
| Feb 1, 7:58 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Newman, IL | |
| Feb 1, 8:18 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Charleston, IL | |
| Feb 1, 8:24 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Neoga, IL | |
| Feb 1, 1:15 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 2 E Birds, IL | |
| Feb 1, 1:22 PM CST | SLEET 0.3 | Tuscola, IL | SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIX SINCE 11 AM |
| Feb 1, 1:45 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Clinton, IL | |
| Feb 1, 1:50 PM CST | SLEET 0.3 | Ogden, IL | SLEET HAS CHANGED TO SNOW |
| Feb 1, 2:30 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 2 Ne Cisco, IL | |
| Feb 1, 2:30 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 3 W Farmer City, IL | NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY WITH HEAVY SNOW AND HIGH WIND |
| Feb 1, 2:41 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Pana, IL | |
| Feb 1, 2:53 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 S Oreana, IL | |
| Feb 1, 2:56 PM CST | SLEET 0.75 | Charleston, IL | |
| Feb 1, 3:05 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Lane, IL | ONE FOOT DRIFTS |
| Feb 1, 4:13 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Ogden, IL | 0.8 INCHES OF SLEET. |
| Feb 1, 4:13 PM CST | SLEET 0.8 | Ogden, IL | 0.8 INCHES OF SLEET. |
| Feb 1, 4:20 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Danville, IL | 1 INCH OF SLEET. THOUSANDS WITHOUT POWER. |
| Feb 1, 4:20 PM CST | SLEET 1 | Danville, IL | 1 INCH OF SLEET. THOUSANDS WITHOUT POWER. |
| Feb 1, 4:35 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Mattoon, IL | 1/4 TO 0.3 INCH |
| Feb 1, 4:35 PM CST | SLEET 2 | Decatur, IL | 2 INCHES TOTAL OF SLEET AND SNOW. |
| Feb 1, 4:40 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 2 Ne Cisco, IL | |
| Feb 1, 4:45 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 2 E Birds, IL | TREE BRANCH BREAKING. |
| Feb 1, 5:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Palestine, IL | |
| Feb 1, 5:10 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Flora, IL | LOTS OF LIMBS COMING DOWN. |
| Feb 1, 5:10 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Newton, IL | |
| Feb 1, 5:20 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Hoopeston, IL | 3 INCHES SNOW ON THE GROUND. 0.24 INCHES WATER...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW |
| Feb 1, 5:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Flora, IL | |
| Feb 1, 5:30 PM CST | ICE STORM | Flora, IL | SEVERAL POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Feb 1, 6:20 PM CST | SLEET 1.2 | Ogden, IL | SWOP OBSERVER. |
| Feb 1, 6:25 PM CST | SLEET 2 | Danville, IL | |
| Feb 1, 6:40 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 S Oreana, IL | MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW. SWOP OBSERVER. |
| Feb 1, 7:55 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Olney, IL | |
| Feb 1, 8:00 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Effingham, IL | BRANCHES AND COUPLE OF TREES DOWN DUE TO ICING. NEW SNOWFALL OF 1.6 INCHES. SWOP OBSERVER. |
| Feb 1, 8:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.6 | Effingham, IL | SWOP OBSEERVER. |
| Feb 1, 8:00 PM CST | ICE STORM | Flora, IL | POWER OUTAGES DUE TO LINES DOWN AND TREES DOWN FROM ICING. |
| Feb 1, 8:00 PM CST | SLEET 2 | 2 N Homer, IL | |
| Feb 1, 8:00 PM CST | SLEET 4 | 3 S Newman, IL | 4 INCHES OF SLEET SINCE 7 AM TODAY. HAD 0.3 OF AN INCH OF ICE OVERNIGHT THROUGH 7 AM. |
| Feb 1, 8:45 PM CST | SLEET 4 | 2 S Decatur, IL | 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. |
| Feb 1, 8:53 PM CST | SLEET 2.2 | Champaign, IL | 2.2 INCHES OF SLEET. SWOP OBSERVER. |
| Feb 1, 8:53 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Champaign, IL | SWOP OBSERVER. |
| Feb 1, 9:00 PM CST | ICE STORM | Neoga, IL | TREES DOWN AND POWER OUT IN CITY. FROM CITY EMERGENCY MANAGER. |
| Feb 1, 9:16 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Shelbyville, IL | SWOP OBSERVER. |
| Feb 1, 9:16 PM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Shelbyville, IL | SWOP OBSERVER. |
| Feb 1, 9:30 PM CST | SLEET 3 | Danville, IL | |
| Feb 2, 4:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Decatur, IL | SNOW AND SLEET. FROM WAND-TV. |
| Feb 2, 4:44 AM CST | SLEET 2.5 | Mattoon, IL | COMBINATION OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW |
| Feb 2, 5:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Newton, IL | |
| Feb 2, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 3 E Pana, IL | SNOW AND SLEET MIX |
| Feb 2, 6:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.4 | Watson, IL | COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN |
| Feb 2, 6:00 AM CST | SLEET 2 | Windsor, IL | SLEET AND SNOW MIX |
| Feb 2, 6:30 AM CST | SLEET 3 | Danville, IL | MIX OF SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 2 E Birds, IL | |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Robinson, IL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 1154 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
878 WWUS43 KILX 311924 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 124 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THEN AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT ILLINOIS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... .LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT AHEAD OF A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL AFFECT THE AREA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. ALTHOUGH HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS. MEANWHILE A MAJOR WINTER STORM...DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WILL TAKE AIM ON CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS FOR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS THE STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY...A MIX OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY MORNING. AREAS SOUTH OF I-72 WILL SEE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN... SNOW AND SLEET DURING THE DAY. AREAS SOUTH OF I-70 WILL SEE THE PRECIPITATION BEGIN AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TUESDAY MORNING AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON...WHEN TEMPERATURES RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR TUESDAY EVENING...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATER TUESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. GREATEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TAYLORVILLE TO PARIS DOWN TO AROUND THE I-70 CORRIDOR... WITH LESS ICE IN FAR SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY...CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. THE EXACT LOCATIONS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AND ICE COULD STILL CHANGE DUE TO SMALL CHANGES IN THE FORECASTED STORM TRACK. THIS COULD ALSO RESULT IN CHANGES IN THE EXPECTED PRECIPITATION TYPES. SO STAY TUNED TO LATER UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS WINTER SITUATION. A LARGE PART OF THE MIDWEST IS EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL OVER THE REGION...YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND CONSIDER ALTERING YOUR PLANS IF POSSIBLE. ILZ040>042-047>051-010400- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0001.110201T1200Z-110203T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.BZ.W.0001.110201T1200Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD 124 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL THEN INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATER TUESDAY MORNING AND THEN BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. BRIEF PERIODS OF SLEET MAY DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...BUT THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE SNOW. BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT DUE TO SLEET AND ICE. THEN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOP IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ ILZ027>031-036>038-010400- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0001.110201T1200Z-110203T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.BZ.W.0001.110201T1200Z-110202T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL 124 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATER TUESDAY MORNING AND THEN BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN DIMINISH WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NW OF I-55. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY...OR LONGER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-010400- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0001.110201T1200Z-110203T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WS.W.0002.110201T1200Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KILX.WW.Y.0004.110131T1924Z-110201T1200Z/ CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 124 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MORE SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE COMING TO AN END WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS ON AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING...ALONG WITH SLEET ACCUMULATION UP TO AN INCH. SNOWFALL ON WEDNESDAY MAY BE UP TO AN INCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THEN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. VERY GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO WIDE SPREAD POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ043-052-053-010400- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0001.110201T1200Z-110203T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WS.W.0002.110201T1200Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ DE WITT-CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 124 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL THEN INCREASE LATER TUESDAY MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THEN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...ICE AND SLEET WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THEN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...OR LONGER...DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ054>057-061-010400- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0001.110201T1200Z-110203T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WS.W.0002.110201T1200Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KILX.WW.Y.0004.110131T1924Z-110201T1200Z/ MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 124 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND SIGNIFICANT ICING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL REDEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING AND THEN BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATER TUESDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THEN ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...LIGHT ICING ON ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THEN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...OR LONGER. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO WIDE SPREAD POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ044>046-010400- /O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0001.110201T1200Z-110203T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WS.W.0002.110201T1200Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KILX.WW.Y.0004.110131T1924Z-110201T1200Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 124 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN BECOME HEAVY BY TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SLEET MAY MIX IN AT TIMES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THEN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...LIGHT ICING WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THEN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...OR LONGER...DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET 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. && $$ SHIMON
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411 WWUS43 KILX 010406 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1006 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS TONIGHT. THEN AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT ILLINOIS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... .MIXED PRECIPITATION HAS DIMINISHED OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...WITH LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW ELSEWHERE. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT WILL BE MINOR. MEANWHILE A MAJOR WINTER STORM...DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WILL TAKE AIM ON CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS FOR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS THE STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY...A MIX OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY MORNING. AREAS SOUTH OF I-72 WILL SEE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN... SNOW AND SLEET DURING THE DAY. AREAS SOUTH OF I-70 WILL SEE THE PRECIPITATION BEGIN AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TUESDAY MORNING AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON...WHEN TEMPERATURES RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR TUESDAY EVENING... CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATER TUESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. GREATEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TAYLORVILLE TO PARIS DOWN TO AROUND THE I-70 CORRIDOR... WITH LESS ICE IN FAR SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY...CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. THE EXACT LOCATIONS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AND ICE COULD STILL CHANGE DUE TO SMALL CHANGES IN THE FORECASTED STORM TRACK. THIS COULD ALSO RESULT IN CHANGES IN THE EXPECTED PRECIPITATION TYPES. SO STAY TUNED TO LATER UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS WINTER SITUATION. A LARGE PART OF THE MIDWEST IS EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL OVER THE REGION...YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND CONSIDER ALTERING YOUR PLANS IF POSSIBLE. ILZ040>042-047>051-011000- /O.CON.KILX.BZ.W.0001.110201T1200Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD 1006 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT SLEET OVERNIGHT. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE ANTICIPATED. SNOW WILL THEN INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATER TUESDAY MORNING AND THEN BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. BRIEF PERIODS OF SLEET MAY DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...BUT THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE SNOW. BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT DUE TO SLEET AND ICE. THEN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOP IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ ILZ027>031-036>038-011000- /O.CON.KILX.BZ.W.0001.110201T1200Z-110202T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL 1006 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS TONIGHT. SNOW WILL THEN INCREASE LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN DIMINISH WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NW OF I-55. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY...OR LONGER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-011000- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.110201T1200Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1006 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME MINOR ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. MORE SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE COMING TO AN END WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS ON AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING...ALONG WITH SLEET ACCUMULATION UP TO AN INCH. SNOWFALL ON WEDNESDAY MAY BE UP TO AN INCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. THEN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. VERY GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO WIDE SPREAD POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ043-052-053-011000- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.110201T1200Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ DE WITT-CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 1006 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SLEET WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL THEN INCREASE LATER TUESDAY MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. THEN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...ICE AND SLEET WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT. THEN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...OR LONGER... DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ054>057-061-011000- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.110201T1200Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 1006 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SLEET WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL REDEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING AND THEN BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATER TUESDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. THEN ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...LIGHT ICING ON ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT. THEN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...OR LONGER. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO WIDE SPREAD POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ044>046-011000- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.110201T1200Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 1006 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SLEET ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN BECOME HEAVY BY TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SLEET MAY MIX IN AT TIMES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. THEN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...LIGHT ICING WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT. THEN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...OR LONGER... DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CHURCHILL
908 WWUS43 KILX 011021 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 421 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT ILLINOIS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM...DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WILL TAKE AIM ON CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS FOR TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS THE STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY...A MIX OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING. AREAS SOUTH OF A RUSHVILLE TO DANVILLE LINE WILL SEE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET THIS MORNING...CHANGING TO A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS SOUTH OF I-70 WILL SEE THE PRECIPITATION BEGIN AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS MORNING AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON...WHEN TEMPERATURES RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR THIS EVENING...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE I-55 CORRIDOR. GREATEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE SOUTH OF A SHELBYVILLE TO PARIS LINE...TO SOUTH OF I-70...TO INCLUDE THE LAWRENCEVILLE AREA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL CAUSE SNOWFALL AND RAINFALL RATES TO BE HIGHER...INCREASING PRECIPITATION TOTALS DURING THE PERIOD. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY...CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. THE EXACT LOCATIONS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AND ICE COULD STILL CHANGE DUE TO SMALL CHANGES IN THE FORECASTED STORM TRACK. THIS COULD ALSO RESULT IN CHANGES IN THE EXPECTED PRECIPITATION TYPES. SO STAY TUNED TO LATER UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS WINTER SITUATION. A LARGE PART OF THE MIDWEST IS EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL OVER THE REGION...YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND CONSIDER ALTERING YOUR PLANS IF POSSIBLE. ILZ043-052-053-011700- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0002.110201T1200Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CAN.KILX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KILX.BZ.W.0001.110201T1200Z-110202T1800Z/ DE WITT-CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 421 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR THIS MORNING. THEN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOP IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ ILZ040>042-047>051-011700- /O.CAN.KILX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ /O.CON.KILX.BZ.W.0001.110201T1200Z-110202T1800Z/ SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD 421 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATER THIS MORNING AND THEN BECOME HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. BRIEF PERIODS OF SLEET MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE SNOW. BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 16 TO 20 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOP IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ ILZ054>057-061-011700- /O.CAN.KILX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.110201T1200Z-110202T1800Z/ MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 421 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL REDEVELOP THIS MORNING AND THEN BECOME HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...OR LONGER. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO WIDE SPREAD POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-011700- /O.CAN.KILX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.110201T1200Z-110202T1800Z/ CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 421 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT BEFORE COMING TO AN END WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING...ALONG WITH SLEET ACCUMULATION UP TO AN INCH. SNOWFALL OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. VERY GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO WIDE SPREAD POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ044>046-011700- /O.CAN.KILX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.110201T1200Z-110202T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 421 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN BECOME HEAVY BY THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SLEET MAY MIX IN AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...OR LONGER...DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET 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. && $$ ILZ027>031-036>038-011700- /O.CON.KILX.BZ.W.0001.110201T1200Z-110202T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL 421 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL THEN INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TO NIGHT...THEN DIMINISH WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 16 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NW OF I-55. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOP IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ AUTEN
225 WWUS43 KILX 011623 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1023 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT ILLINOIS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM...DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WILL TAKE AIM ON CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS FOR TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS THE STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY...A MIX OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING. AREAS SOUTH OF A RUSHVILLE TO DANVILLE LINE WILL SEE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET THIS MORNING...CHANGING TO A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS SOUTH OF I-70 WILL SEE THE PRECIPITATION BEGIN AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS MORNING AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON...WHEN TEMPERATURES RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR THIS EVENING...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE I-55 CORRIDOR. GREATEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE SOUTH OF A SHELBYVILLE TO PARIS LINE...TO SOUTH OF I-70...TO INCLUDE THE LAWRENCEVILLE AREA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL CAUSE SNOWFALL AND RAINFALL RATES TO BE HIGHER...INCREASING PRECIPITATION TOTALS DURING THE PERIOD. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY... CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. THE EXACT LOCATIONS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AND ICE COULD STILL CHANGE DUE TO SMALL CHANGES IN THE FORECASTED STORM TRACK. THIS COULD ALSO RESULT IN CHANGES IN THE EXPECTED PRECIPITATION TYPES. SO STAY TUNED TO LATER UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS WINTER SITUATION. A LARGE PART OF THE MIDWEST IS EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL OVER THE REGION...YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND CONSIDER ALTERING YOUR PLANS IF POSSIBLE. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>053-012000- /O.CON.KILX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 1023 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL THEN INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TO NIGHT...THEN DIMINISH WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 16 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NW OF I-55. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOP IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ ILZ044>046-012000- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 1023 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN BECOME HEAVY BY THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SLEET MAY MIX IN AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...OR LONGER...DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ILZ054>057-061-012000- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 1023 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL REDEVELOP THIS MORNING AND THEN BECOME HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...OR LONGER. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO WIDE SPREAD POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-012000- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1023 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT BEFORE COMING TO AN END WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING...ALONG WITH SLEET ACCUMULATION UP TO AN INCH. SNOWFALL OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. VERY GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO WIDE SPREAD POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ HJS
496 WWUS43 KILX 012010 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 210 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT ILLINOIS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM...DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WILL TAKE AIM ON CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS FOR TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS THE STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY...A MIX OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING. AREAS SOUTH OF A RUSHVILLE TO DANVILLE LINE WILL SEE A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS SOUTH OF I-70 WILL SEE THE PRECIPITATION BEGIN AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR THIS EVENING...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE I-55 CORRIDOR. GREATEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE SOUTH OF A SHELBYVILLE TO PARIS LINE...TO SOUTH OF I-70...TO INCLUDE THE LAWRENCEVILLE AREA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL CAUSE SNOWFALL AND RAINFALL RATES TO BE LOCALLY HIGHER...INCREASING PRECIPITATION TOTALS DURING THE PERIOD. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY... CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. THE EXACT LOCATIONS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AND ICE COULD STILL CHANGE DUE TO SMALL CHANGES IN THE FORECASTED STORM TRACK. THIS COULD ALSO RESULT IN CHANGES IN THE EXPECTED PRECIPITATION TYPES. SO STAY TUNED TO LATER UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS WINTER SITUATION. A LARGE PART OF THE MIDWEST IS EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL OVER THE REGION...YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND CONSIDER ALTERING YOUR PLANS IF POSSIBLE. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>053-020300- /O.CON.KILX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 210 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL THEN INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TO NIGHT...THEN DIMINISH WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 16 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NW OF I-55. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOP IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ ILZ044>046-020300- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 210 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN BECOME HEAVY BY THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY MIX IN AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE ALSO ANTICIPATED OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...OR LONGER...DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ILZ054>057-061-020300- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 210 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL REDEVELOP THIS MORNING AND THEN BECOME HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...OR LONGER. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO WIDE SPREAD POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-020300- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 210 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT BEFORE COMING TO AN END WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING...ALONG WITH SLEET ACCUMULATION UP TO AN INCH. SNOWFALL OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. VERY GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO WIDE SPREAD POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ HJS
119 WWUS43 KILX 020216 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 816 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM...OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS EVENING...WILL TRACK THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS THE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT...SNOW WILL TRACK OVER WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS...ROUGHLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55...WITH A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO THE EAST...WHILE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVER SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS WILL CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT SNOW AS THE STORM MOVES FURTHER TO OUR NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE I-55 CORRIDOR. GREATEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE SOUTH OF A SHELBYVILLE TO PARIS LINE...TO SOUTH OF I-70...TO INCLUDE THE LAWRENCEVILLE AREA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THE MORE INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES THIS EVENING AND THAT SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 74. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AS WELL ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE HIGHEST GUST REPORTED SO FAR IN ROANOKE...WHERE A MEASURED GUST OF 64 MPH OCCURRED JUST AFTER 530 PM CST. THE HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>053-021000- /O.CON.KILX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 816 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND THEN DIMINISH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO LOCALLY 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF I-55. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOP IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ ILZ044>046-021000- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 816 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT AS THE LOW SHIFTS OFF TO OUR EAST. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 55. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE ALSO ANTICIPATED OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...OR LONGER...DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ILZ054>057-061-021000- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 816 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATER TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO LOCALLY THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST LATER TONIGHT AS THE LOW SHIFTS OFF TO OUR EAST. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...OR LONGER. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-021000- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 816 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT SNOW LATE TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH WILL BE LIKELY BY LATE TONIGHT. SNOWFALL OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON WEDNESDAY AS THEY BECOME NORTHWEST. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SMITH
148 WWUS43 KILX 021000 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 400 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING... ..A MAJOR WINTER STORM OVER NORTHERN OHIO...WILL TRACK INTO NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHEAST AWAY FROM ILLINOIS...THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING THE MORNING WHILE NORTHWEST WINDS DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON. LESS THAN 1 INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING FROM 25 TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>053-021800- /O.NEW.KILX.WC.Y.0002.110203T0000Z-110203T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 400 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES DURING THE MORNING WITH UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL LOWER TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES THIS MORNING ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...AND MINIMIZE AS MUCH EXPOSED SKIN AS POSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ044>046-021800- /O.NEW.KILX.WC.Y.0002.110203T0000Z-110203T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 400 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING AND DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON TO SCATTERED FLURRIES. WIND CHILLS WILL LOWER TO 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING FROM 30 TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...AND MINIMIZE AS MUCH EXPOSED SKIN AS POSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ054-055-061-021800- /O.NEW.KILX.WC.Y.0002.110203T0000Z-110203T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHELBYVILLE 400 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING THE MORNING WITH LESS THAN 1 INCH ACCUMULATING. WIND CHILLS WILL LOWER TO 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN 1 INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM YESTERDAY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...AND MINIMIZE AS MUCH EXPOSED SKIN AS POSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ056-057-021800- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ COLES-EDGAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...MATTOON 400 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING THE MORNING WITH LESS THAN 1 INCH ACCUMULATING. * ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN 1 INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM YESTERDAY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-021800- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 400 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING BUT NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN A HALF INCH THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS FROM YESTERDAY. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KH
862 WWUS43 KILX 021457 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 857 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL SUBSIDE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES... .AS THE MAJOR WINTER STORM PUSHES NORTHEAST TOWARD NEW ENGLAND... WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. WHILE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE...VISIBILITIES WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>053-021800- /O.CON.KILX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WC.Y.0002.110203T0000Z-110203T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 857 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...LINGERING LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES. WIND CHILLS WILL LOWER TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH...PRIMARILY IN AREAS EAST OF I-55. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WHILE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS...VISIBILITY WILL GENERALLY CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. * IMPACTS...MANY RURAL ROADS HAVE BEEN DRIFTED SHUT. EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE...AS SNOW PLOWS WORK TO CATCH UP. REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES THIS MORNING...MAINLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...AND MINIMIZE AS MUCH EXPOSED SKIN AS POSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ044>046-021800- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WC.Y.0002.110203T0000Z-110203T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 857 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES BY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS WILL LOWER TO 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING FROM 30 TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET 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. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...AND MINIMIZE AS MUCH EXPOSED SKIN AS POSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ054-055-061-021800- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WC.Y.0002.110203T0000Z-110203T1800Z/ MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHELBYVILLE 857 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING THE MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL LOWER TO 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN 1 INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM YESTERDAY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...AND MINIMIZE AS MUCH EXPOSED SKIN AS POSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ056-057-021800- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ COLES-EDGAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...MATTOON 857 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING THE MORNING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN 1 INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM YESTERDAY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-021800- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 857 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...LINGERING LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS FROM YESTERDAY. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ GEELHART
207 WWUS43 KILX 021804 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1204 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SUBSIDING BUT BITTERLY COLD AIR ON THE WAY... .AS THE MAJOR WINTER STORM PUSHES NORTHEAST TOWARD NEW ENGLAND... WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. THIS WILL DIMINISH THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. A BITTERLY COLD AIR MASS WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT...AND COMBINED WITH THE FRESH SNOW COVER...WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS COLD CONDITIONS. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>053-022200- /O.EXP.KILX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WC.Y.0002.110203T0000Z-110203T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 1204 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL LOWER TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL DIMINISH...AND SHOULD AVERAGE ABOUT 5 TO 10 MPH OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE MAY OCCUR QUICKLY THURSDAY MORNING...IF PROPER COLD WEATHER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...AND MINIMIZE AS MUCH EXPOSED SKIN AS POSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ044>046-022200- /O.EXP.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WC.Y.0002.110203T0000Z-110203T1800Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 1204 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL LOWER TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL DIMINISH...AND SHOULD AVERAGE ABOUT 5 TO 10 MPH OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE MAY OCCUR QUICKLY THURSDAY MORNING...IF PROPER COLD WEATHER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...AND MINIMIZE AS MUCH EXPOSED SKIN AS POSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ054-055-061-022200- /O.EXP.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WC.Y.0002.110203T0000Z-110203T1800Z/ MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHELBYVILLE 1204 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL LOWER TO AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL DIMINISH...AND SHOULD AVERAGE ABOUT 5 TO 10 MPH OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE MAY OCCUR QUICKLY THURSDAY MORNING...IF PROPER COLD WEATHER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...AND MINIMIZE AS MUCH EXPOSED SKIN AS POSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ056-057-021915- /O.EXP.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ COLES-EDGAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...MATTOON 1204 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. WHILE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL LINGER THIS AFTERNOON...THEY WILL DIMINISH AS WINDS TAPER OFF A BIT THROUGH THE DAY. $$ ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-021915- /O.EXP.KILX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1204 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. WHILE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL LINGER THIS AFTERNOON...THEY WILL DIMINISH AS WINDS TAPER OFF A BIT THROUGH THE DAY. $$ GEELHART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 9:08 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 21 more | 31 hr |
| Jan 31, 1:24 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | ILX | Cass, Christian, DeWitt, Fulton, Knox, Logan and 13 more | 47 hr |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.