Alert archive / Illinois / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this winter storm warning at Dec 20, 2012, 2:50 AM CST for 6 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Dec 20, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2012, 2:50 AM CST (08:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 20, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2012, 12:15 PM CST
- In force
- 3 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 08:52 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 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
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 439 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
857 WWUS43 KILX 200850 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 250 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE MIDWEST... .STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM SAINT LOUIS TO THE SOUTHERN TIP OF LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY. COLDER AIR WILL QUICKLY SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING... CHANGING RAIN OVER TO SNOW. TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WITH AROUND 2 INCHES AS FAR EAST AS THE I-55 CORRIDOR. WITH NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TO GUST IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...LOW VISIBILITY WILL BE LIKELY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...AND RURAL AREAS MAY SEE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. ILZ027>030-036-201700- /O.UPG.KILX.WW.Y.0004.121220T1800Z-121221T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WS.W.0001.121220T1500Z-121221T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 250 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND GALESBURG AND CANTON AROUND 9 AM...AND NEAR PEORIA AROUND MIDDAY. SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN AREAS AROUND GALESBURG. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND MIDDAY... AND RAPIDLY INCREASE. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH OR HIGHER WILL BE WIDESPREAD BY 3 PM...AND REMAIN THAT HIGH UNTIL AROUND 9 PM. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...AS THE FALLING SNOW IS WHIPPED AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. VISIBILITIES MAY OCCASIONALLY BE BELOW A QUARTER MILE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW... ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES AND HIGH WINDS WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK ICE ON AREA HIGHWAYS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING 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. && $$ ILZ040-201700- /O.NEW.KILX.WS.W.0001.121220T1500Z-121221T0600Z/ SCHUYLER- 250 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND 9 AM. SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN AREAS AROUND GALESBURG. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND MIDDAY... AND RAPIDLY INCREASE. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH OR HIGHER WILL BE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN THAT HIGH UNTIL AROUND 9 PM. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...AS THE FALLING SNOW IS WHIPPED AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. VISIBILITIES MAY OCCASIONALLY BE BELOW A QUARTER MILE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES AND HIGH WINDS WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK ICE ON AREA HIGHWAYS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ILZ031-037-038-041-042-047>051-201700- /O.NEW.KILX.WW.Y.0005.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 250 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND JACKSONVILLE AND HAVANA BY 10 AM...AND ALONG THE I-55 CORRIDOR SHORTLY AFTER NOON. SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE EVENING. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST LATE THIS MORNING...AND RAPIDLY INCREASE. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH OR HIGHER WILL BE WIDESPREAD EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AROUND SPRINGFIELD...AND AFTER 3 PM AROUND BLOOMINGTON. THESE SPEEDS WILL AND REMAIN THAT HIGH UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...AS THE FALLING SNOW IS WHIPPED AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. VISIBILITIES MAY OCCASIONALLY BE BELOW A QUARTER MILE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW... ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES AND HIGH WINDS WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK ICE ON AREA HIGHWAYS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ GEELHART
2 follow-up statements
387 WWUS43 KILX 201657 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1057 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE MIDWEST... .STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM SAINT LOUIS TO THE SOUTHERN TIP OF LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY. COLDER AIR WILL QUICKLY SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CHANGING RAIN OVER TO SNOW. TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WITH AROUND 2 INCHES AS FAR EAST AS THE I-55 CORRIDOR. WITH NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TO GUST IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...LOW VISIBILITY WILL BE LIKELY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...AND RURAL AREAS MAY SEE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. ILZ027>030-036-040-202100- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 1057 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND GALESBURG AND CANTON AROUND 9 AM...AND NEAR PEORIA AROUND MIDDAY. SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN AREAS AROUND GALESBURG. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND MIDDAY...AND RAPIDLY INCREASE. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH OR HIGHER WILL BE WIDESPREAD BY 3 PM...AND REMAIN THAT HIGH UNTIL AROUND 9 PM. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...AS THE FALLING SNOW IS WHIPPED AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. VISIBILITIES MAY OCCASIONALLY BE BELOW A QUARTER MILE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW... ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES AND HIGH WINDS WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK ICE ON AREA HIGHWAYS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING 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. && $$ ILZ031-037-038-041-042-047>051-202100- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0005.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 1057 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND JACKSONVILLE AND HAVANA BY 10 AM...AND ALONG THE I-55 CORRIDOR SHORTLY AFTER NOON. SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE EVENING. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST LATER TODAY...AND RAPIDLY INCREASE. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH OR HIGHER WILL BE WIDESPREAD EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AROUND SPRINGFIELD...AND AFTER 3 PM AROUND BLOOMINGTON. THESE SPEEDS WILL AND REMAIN THAT HIGH UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...AS THE FALLING SNOW IS WHIPPED AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. VISIBILITIES MAY OCCASIONALLY BE BELOW A QUARTER MILE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW... ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES AND HIGH WINDS WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK ICE ON AREA HIGHWAYS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ HJS
421 WWUS43 KILX 201815 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1215 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE MIDWEST... .STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK THROUGH SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TO THE SOUTHERN TIP OF LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY. TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WITH AROUND 2 INCHES AS FAR EAST AS THE I- 55 CORRIDOR. HOWEVER...EXTREME WINDS EXPECTED TO GUST IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WILL DROP VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...RESULTING IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. ILZ027>030-036-040-202215- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.BZ.W.0001.121220T1815Z-121221T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 1215 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING TO SPREAD INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE EVENING NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY...AND 2 TO 3 INCHES FROM THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR TO THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN AREAS AROUND GALESBURG AND NORTHWESTERN KNOX COUNTY. * WIND...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND AND RAPIDLY INCREASE. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH OR HIGHER WILL BE WIDESPREAD BY 3 PM...AND REMAIN THAT HIGH UNTIL AROUND 9 PM. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...AS THE FALLING SNOW IS WHIPPED AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES AND HIGH WINDS WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK ICE ON AREA HIGHWAYS. DRIFTING WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE...PARTICULARLY ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 155 AND 55 CORRIDORS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ ILZ031-037-038-041-042-047>051-202215- /O.UPG.KILX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.BZ.W.0001.121220T1815Z-121221T0600Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 1215 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING TO SPREAD INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE EVENING NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY...AND 2 TO 3 INCHES FROM THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR TO THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND AND RAPIDLY INCREASE. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH OR HIGHER WILL BE WIDESPREAD BY 3 PM...AND REMAIN THAT HIGH UNTIL AROUND 9 PM. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...AS THE FALLING SNOW IS WHIPPED AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES AND HIGH WINDS WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK ICE ON AREA HIGHWAYS. DRIFTING WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE...PARTICULARLY ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 155 AND 55 CORRIDORS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ ILZ043-052-053-202215- /O.NEW.KILX.BZ.W.0001.121220T1815Z-121221T0600Z/ DE WITT-CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 1215 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING TO SPREAD INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE EVENING NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY...AND 2 TO 3 INCHES FROM THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR TO THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND AND RAPIDLY INCREASE. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH OR HIGHER WILL BE WIDESPREAD BY 3 PM...AND REMAIN THAT HIGH UNTIL AROUND 9 PM. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...AS THE FALLING SNOW IS WHIPPED AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES AND HIGH WINDS WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK ICE ON AREA HIGHWAYS. DRIFTING WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE...PARTICULARLY ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR AND ALONG HIGHWAY 51 LATER THIS EVENING. THE WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ HJS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2:50 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | Cass, Logan, McLean, Mason, Menard, Morgan and 4 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 20, 9:05 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 20, 12:15 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | ILX | Cass, Christian, DeWitt, Fulton, Knox, Logan and 13 more | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.