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Winter Weather Advisory 8, NWS Lincoln, IL

December 26, 20126 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 26, 2012, 10:36 AM CST for 6 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 26, 2012, 10:36 AM CST (16:36 UTC)
Expired: Dec 26, 2012, 2:57 PM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL

Counties Clark County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter weather advisory went out at Dec 26, 9:55 AM CST, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 9:55 AM CST, 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 5:53 AM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
553 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>044-047>053-271200-
CASS-CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL-MASON-
MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-PIATT-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK-
TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
553 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
MPH...AS A WINTER STORM TRACKS EAST OF THE AREA. MINOR SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE EAST OF I-55 AS THE STORM MOVES
BY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS EAST OF DECATUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY BRING LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW FRIDAY
AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

ILZ045-046-054-055-061-271200-
CHAMPAIGN-DOUGLAS-MOULTRIE-SHELBY-VERMILION-
553 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY...WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES OF
SNOW ACCUMULATION LIKELY BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATER
TODAY. THE HIGHEST TOTALS WILL FALL CLOSE TO THE I-70 CORRIDOR.
WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY BRING LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...REPORTS OF SNOW
AMOUNTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

ILZ056-057-062-063-066>068-071>073-271200-
CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-
LAWRENCE-RICHLAND-
553 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...TAPERING OFF BY THIS
EVENING. STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE LIKELY SOUTH OF
I-70...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES NORTH OF I-70. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING...AS WINDS GUST
TO 35 TO 40 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY BRING LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...REPORTS OF
SNOW AMOUNTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

BAK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 26, 7:39 AM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
739 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0720 AM     SNOW             NEWTON                  38.99N 88.16W
12/26/2012  M2.2 INCH        JASPER             IL   MESONET

            SWOP REPORT

&&

BAK

Local storm report, Dec 26, 7:43 AM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
743 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 AM     SNOW             CASEY                   39.30N 87.99W
12/26/2012  M2.0 INCH        CLARK              IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

JRP

Local storm report, Dec 26, 7:56 AM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
756 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     SNOW             ROBINSON                39.01N 87.74W
12/26/2012  M3.8 INCH        CRAWFORD           IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

JRP

Local storm report, Dec 26, 8:07 AM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 26, 8:28 AM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 26, 8:30 AM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.