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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this winter storm warning at Feb 21, 2013, 3:31 PM CST for 11 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 12 hr. 37 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2013, 3:31 PM CST (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2013, 3:28 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Cass County, IL, Christian County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Mason County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Little America, IL | |
| Feb 21, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Springfield, IL | ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN |
| Feb 21, 4:25 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Havana, IL | |
| Feb 21, 4:25 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Taylorville, IL | HEAVY SNOW FALLING |
| Feb 21, 4:30 PM CST | SNOW 4.8 | 2 E Jacksonville, IL | |
| Feb 21, 4:47 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Little America, IL | 1.3 OF NEW SNOWFALL OVER PAST 2 HOURS. ROUTE 24 SNOW COVERED. |
| Feb 21, 5:06 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Riverton, IL | |
| Feb 21, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Decatur, IL | AT WAND-TV |
| Feb 21, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.1 | Mount Zion, IL | 3 HOUR ACCUMULATION |
| Feb 21, 5:45 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 1 Sw Jerome, IL | SNOW TOTAL SO FAR...STARTING TO MIX WITH SLEET |
| Feb 21, 5:48 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Winchester, IL | RELAYED BY WAND-TV |
| Feb 21, 5:50 PM CST | SNOW 2.1 | 8 E Petersburg, IL | |
| Feb 21, 5:50 PM CST | SNOW 2.1 | Lincoln, IL | 0.19 LIQUID EQUIVALENT. MODERATE SNOW FALLING. |
| Feb 21, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.7 | Lincoln, IL | |
| Feb 21, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 5.3 | Springfield, IL | OFFICIAL SPRINGFIELD SNOWFALL THROUGH 6 PM |
| Feb 21, 6:14 PM CST | SNOW 5.1 | Pana, IL | |
| Feb 21, 6:15 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 2 E Jacksonville, IL | LIGHT FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING TO ACCUMULATE |
| Feb 21, 6:22 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 Sw Woodson, IL | |
| Feb 21, 6:45 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Havana, IL | |
| Feb 21, 6:45 PM CST | SNOW 5.7 | Jacksonville, IL | SNOW HAS CHANGED TO SLEET |
| Feb 21, 6:57 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Little America, IL | |
| Feb 21, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Sherman, IL | CURRENTLY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN |
| Feb 21, 7:10 PM CST | SNOW 1.6 | Canton, IL | CURRENTLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET |
| Feb 21, 7:29 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | Mount Zion, IL | SNOW HAS CHANGED TO FREEZING RAIN |
| Feb 21, 7:39 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 1 Sw Jerome, IL | PRECIPITATION HAS TRANSITIONED TO ALL FREEZING RAIN. LIGHT GLAZE ON ALL SURFACES. |
| Feb 21, 7:39 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 1 Sw Jerome, IL | |
| Feb 21, 8:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Little America, IL | MEASURED 3 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT LITTLE AMERICA. SNOW IS DIMINISHING DURING THE EVENING WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURE OF 27 AT 830 PM. |
| Feb 21, 8:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | Winchester, IL | COOP OBSERVER IN WINCHESTER MEASURED 6.8 INCHES OF SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHICH STARTED AT 1215 PM. SNOW CHANGED TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE THURSDAY EVENING. |
| Feb 21, 9:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Lincoln, IL | LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ON TREES AND OTHER OBJECTS |
| Feb 21, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Lincoln, IL | |
| Feb 21, 9:10 PM CST | SNOW 2.1 | Canton, IL | SNOW HAS CHANGED TO FREEZING DRIZZLE |
| Feb 21, 9:18 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Mount Pulaski, IL | CURRENTLY FREEZING DRIZZLE |
| Feb 21, 9:18 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Decatur, IL | FROM WAND-TV. NOW FREEZING RAIN. |
| Feb 21, 10:28 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 S Manito, IL | |
| Feb 21, 11:50 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Lincoln, IL | |
| Feb 21, 11:50 PM CST | SNOW 2.6 | Lincoln, IL | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Feb 22, 3:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.1 | Lincoln, IL | SNOWFALL COMPACTED DOWN DUE TO FREEZING RAIN FALLING AFTER THE SNOWFALL |
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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 1055 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
575 WWUS43 KILX 212131 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 331 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER THROUGH TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY... ILZ036-041-042-220600- /O.UPG.KILX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130222T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WS.W.0001.130221T2131Z-130222T1200Z/ FULTON-MASON-LOGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN 331 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND PERIODS OF SLEET WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...WITH SNOW DIMINISHING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AFTER 9 PM. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 4 PM AND 9 PM. AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING DRIZZLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE LIKELY. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE MAINLY DRIVEN BY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING. * WIND...EAST WINDS OF 15 AND 20 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR 30 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. EXPECT VERY POOR VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW WITH SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS. THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE LATE TONIGHT WILL ONLY MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS EVEN MORE HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$ ILZ040-047>052-220600- /O.UPG.KILX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130222T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WS.W.0001.130221T2131Z-130222T1200Z/ SCHUYLER-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE 331 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND PERIODS OF SLEET WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...WITH SNOW DIMINISHING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AFTER 9 PM. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION HAS ALREADY BEGUN AND WILL LINGER THROUGH 8 PM. AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING DRIZZLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS FARTHER WEST TOWARD JACKSONVILLE AND RUSHVILLE. ANY OF THESE PRECIPITATION TOTALS MAY BE LOCALLY HIGHER DUE TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS STORM INTO THIS EVENING. * WIND...EAST WINDS OF 15 AND 20 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR 30 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. EXPECT VERY POOR VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW WITH SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS. THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE LATE TONIGHT WILL ONLY MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS EVEN MORE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ053-220600- /O.UPG.KILX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130222T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WS.W.0001.130221T2131Z-130222T1200Z/ MACON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DECATUR 331 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND LIGHT ICING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH HEAVIER PRECIPITATION BETWEEN 3 PM THROUGH 9 PM. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN... ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL LINGER AFTER MIDNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON ELEVATED SURFACES. * WIND...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY AND ROADS BECOMING QUICKLY SNOW COVERED AND ICY. THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT WILL ONLY MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS EVEN MORE HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$ ILZ061-062-066>068-071>073-220600- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130222T1200Z/ SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND- LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA... LAWRENCEVILLE 331 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...THEN TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN. THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO QUARTER INCH ARE LIKELY...WITH THE THICKEST ICE SOUTH OF I-70. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO NEAR OR ABOVE FREEZING IN MANY AREAS BY LATE EVENING...REDUCING THE ICING THREAT. THE ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE LOCALLY HIGHER DUE TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. * WIND...EAST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND SECONDARY ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY FROM ICING...WITH SLEET AND SNOW ADDING TO THE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. SOME POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE ICE ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ILZ043>046-054>057-063-220600- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130222T1200Z/ DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR- CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON 331 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY 4 PM...WITH HEAVIER PRECIPITATION BETWEEN 4 PM AND 11 PM. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL LINGER AFTER MIDNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH SOME LOCALIZED AREAS AS HIGH AS 5 INCHES. HOWEVER...ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE SIGNIFICANT AS WELL...RANGING FROM A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH...ESPECIALLY FROM AROUND MATTOON NORTHEAST TO PARIS. * WIND...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY AND ROADS BECOMING QUICKLY SNOW COVERED AND ICY. THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT WILL ONLY MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS EVEN MORE HAZARDOUS. SOME POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ILZ027>031-037-038-220600- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130222T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL 331 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO AREAS SOUTH OF I-74 BY 4 PM...AND IN AREAS NORTH OF I-74 AFTER 4 PM. SOME SLEET MAY MIX IN AT TIMES IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF HOURS OF PRECIPITATION. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 5 PM AND MIDNIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING DRIZZLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. ANY OF THESE PRECIPITATION TOTALS MAY BE LOCALLY HIGHER DUE TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS STORM THIS AFTERNOON. * WIND...EAST WINDS OF 15 AND 20 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR 30 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY AND ROADS BECOMING QUICKLY SNOW COVERED AND ICY. THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE LATE TONIGHT WILL ONLY MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS EVEN MORE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SHIMON
2 follow-up statements
149 WWUS43 KILX 220533 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1133 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER THROUGH TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY... ILZ036-040>042-047>053-221200- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T1200Z/ FULTON-SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 1133 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA...BUT SCATTERED FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...NO ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...LIGHT ICING ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. EXPECT UNTREATED ROADWAYS TO BE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. THE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS. 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. && $$ ILZ061-062-066>068-071>073-221200- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130222T1200Z/ SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND- LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA... LAWRENCEVILLE 1133 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA...BUT SCATTERED FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...NO ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...LIGHT ICING ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. EXPECT UNTREATED ROADWAYS TO BE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. THE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ILZ043>046-054>057-063-221200- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130222T1200Z/ DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR- CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON 1133 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA...BUT SCATTERED FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...NO ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...LIGHT ICING ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. EXPECT UNTREATED ROADWAYS TO BE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. THE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ILZ027>031-037-038-221200- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130222T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL 1133 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AND BECOME MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN. THIS MIX OF WINTERY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WILL BE MINOR OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...LIGHT ICING ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. EXPECT UNTREATED ROADWAYS TO BE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. THE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AUTEN
649 WWUS43 KILX 220928 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 328 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM PUSHING NORTH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING... ILZ053-221600- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KILX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130222T1600Z/ MACON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DECATUR 328 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...BUT SCATTERED FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...NO ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...LIGHT ICING ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. EXPECT UNTREATED ROADWAYS TO BE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ILZ036-041-042-221730- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KILX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130222T1800Z/ FULTON-MASON-LOGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN 328 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS AND AT TIMES BE MIXED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WILL BE MINOR. HOWEVER...LIGHT ICING ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. EXPECT UNTREATED ROADWAYS TO BE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ILZ040-047>052-221030- /O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T1200Z/ SCHUYLER-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE 328 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW HAS DIMINISHED OVER EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SOME VERY LIGHT SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS. LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ANY SNOW OR ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$ ILZ061-062-066>068-071>073-221030- /O.CAN.KILX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130222T1200Z/ SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND- LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA... LAWRENCEVILLE 328 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE MODERATED INTO THE MIDDLE 30S EARLY THIS MORNING WITH AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW BEING REPORTED. THE THREAT FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT MIXED PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED THIS MORNING...AS A RESULT...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ ILZ043>046-054>057-063-221600- /O.EXT.KILX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130222T1600Z/ DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR- CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON 328 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW HAS DIMINISHED TO SOME VERY LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES ACROSS THE AREA...BUT SCATTERED AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATE MORNING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...NO ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...LIGHT ICING ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS. EXPECT UNTREATED ROADWAYS TO BE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ILZ027>031-037-038-221730- /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130222T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL 328 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING...AND WILL BE MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE. THIS MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WILL BE MINOR. HOWEVER...LIGHT ICING ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. EXPECT UNTREATED ROADWAYS TO BE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SMITH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 21, 3:07 PM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 3:07 PM CST, 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 307 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 307 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... MAJOR WINTER STORM LIFTING NORTHEAST INTO FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. MOSTLY SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED THUS FAR...BUT SOME SLEET/FREEZING RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE SLIGHTLY WARMER AIRMASS IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. HOWEVER...EXPECT EVAPORATIVE COOLING TO CHANGE MOST OF THE NON-SNOW PRECIPITATION TO SNOW FOR AT LEAST A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE WARMER AIR ALOFT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REESTABLISH ITSELF IN SOUTHEAST PORTION OF FORECAST AREA. DECIDED TO UPGRADE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF FORECAST AREA TO A WINTER STORM WARNING DUE TO INCH AN HOUR SNOWFALL RATES THAT HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH AN ENHANCED SNOW BAND. AREAS NORTH OF THE WARNING ARE LESS APT TO SEE CONVECTIVELY ENHANCED SNOW...AND AREAS TO THE EAST OF THE WARNING WILL SEE LOWER SNOW TOTALS DUE TO SLEET/FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN. HEADLINE DECISIONS HAVE BEEN A VERY TOUGH CALL TODAY DUE TO THE CONVECTIVE AND/OR MIXING NATURE OF THE PRECIPITATION...AS WELL AS THE RELATIVELY SHORT DURATION OF THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. THE DYNAMICS WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE IMPRESSIVE AT THE MOMENT...WITH STRONG ISENTROPIC ASCENT...A COUPLED UPPER JET...AND SOME CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL. HOWEVER...A LIMITING FACTOR FOR MORE IMPRESSIVE SNOWFALL TOTALS IS THE FACT THAT THE DRY SLOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM IS MAKING RAPID PROGRESS TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA. THIS DRY SLOT WILL CUT OFF THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION AS IT MOVES OVERHEAD TONIGHT...AND FORECAST AREA IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED BY DEFORMATION AREA OF SNOW ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM. MOST AREAS WILL SEE PRECIPITATION TAPER OFF TO FREEZING DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY. HOWEVER...SURFACE TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING IN SOUTHEAST PORTION OF FORECAST AREA AND KEEP PRECIPITATION LIQUID THERE. QUIETER CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATER FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AS UPPER/SURFACE RIDGING BUILD INTO THE AREA. LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... IN THE WAKE OF THE EXITING STORM SYSTEM...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE MOVES IN OVER THE MIDWEST...WITH THE RIDGE AXIS CENTERED OVER IL ON SUNDAY. QUIET WEATHER AND LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS UNDER THE RIDGE FOR SUNDAY AS THE DRY WEEKEND CONTINUE. A WARMING TREND BEGINS LATE SUNDAY AS THE SFC RIDGE SLIDES EASTWARD AND VERY LIGHT SFC WINDS PICK UP A SOUTHERLY COMPONENT. THE WARMUP IS RELATIVELY SHORT LIVED WITH ANOTHER SYSTEM SPINNING UP OVER THE SWRN CONUS. TRACKS OF THE STORM STARTING TO DIVERGE AGAIN IN THE GFS AND THE ECMWF WITH THE GFS GETTING AGGRESSIVE WITH THE SPEED...THOUGH THE ECMWF IS DEEPER WITH THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE UPPER TROF. SEEMS THERE IS STILL BOUND TO BE A BIT OF CHANGES...AS NEITHER MODEL LOOKS LIKE ITS PREVIOUS RUN. GOING FORECAST REMAINS A BLEND BETWEEN THE TWO...WITH A BIT OF PERSISTENCE FROM LAST RUNS. PREFER THE SLIGHTLY SLOWER APPROACH...BUT IT SEEMS THAT THE GFS IS CATCHING ON TO A BIT OF A SHIFT IN THE UPPER AIR WAVE PATTERN AS TO THE DEPTH OF THE TROF. BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP REMAIN MONDAY TO TUESDAY...THOUGH THE MODELS ARE CONTINUING TO AFFECT THE POP SPREAD IN THE ALLBLEND. CONFIDENCE IN TIMING OF MON SYSTEM REMAINS LOW. BAK...SHORT TERM HJS...LONG TERM && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1127 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. WINTER STORM ON APPROACH SERVING UP A BIT OF A MIX OF PRECIP ON THE LEADING EDGE...THOUGH MOSTLY SNOW FOR SPI...THEN PIA AND BMI. DEC AND CMI MAY BE IN A BIT OF AN ISSUE FOR MORE IP INCLUDED. STORM IS ADVANCING A BIT QUICKER...AND HAVE ADJUSTED SOME OF THE ARRIVAL TIMES. BUT THERE IS LITTLE EASING INTO THE IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS. WHEN IT STARTS...CONDITIONS DETERIORATE QUICKLY AND ARE ANTICIPATED TO STAY DOWN. CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT REMAINS IN PLACE AS THE UPPER LOW PARKS JUST NORTH OF THE CWA THROUGH THE MORNING...WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN LOW CIGS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR DZ AND FZDZ THROUGH THE MORNING...PARTICULARLY GIVEN SNOWFALL/ENHANCED LLVL RH. IS FAR MORE LIKELY THAT WILL SEE STRATUS AND DROPPED VIS THROUGH 18Z. HJS && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR ILZ043>046- 054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR ILZ036-040>042- 047>053. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY FOR ILZ027>031-037- 038. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 21, 3:24 PM CST, 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 324 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ILZ027>031-037-038-221200- KNOX-MARSHALL-MCLEAN-PEORIA-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 324 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING... AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING TO SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 5 INCHES WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...AND 3 TO 4 INCHES TO THE EAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SOME LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN A HALF INCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER... REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. ILZ036-041-042-221200- FULTON-LOGAN-MASON- 324 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA AROUND MID AFTERNOON... AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING TO SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SOME LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN A HALF INCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER... REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. ILZ040-047>052-221200- CASS-CHRISTIAN-MENARD-MORGAN-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT- 324 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... AND IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 6 INCHES NEAR THE I-55 CORRIDOR...TO 7 TO 8 INCHES NEAR THE ILLINOIS RIVER. IN ADDITION...SOME ICE ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN A TENTH INCH IS POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO FREEZING DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY LINGER INTO FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I-72. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER... REPORTS OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. ILZ043>046-054>057-063-221200- CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-COLES-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-MOULTRIE-PIATT- VERMILION- 324 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING...AND BECOME MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET PERIODICALLY. THE HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG A DECATUR TO DANVILLE LINE...WITH 3 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. AREAS TO THE SOUTH WILL SEE UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW...ALONG WITH AROUND A TENTH INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY...WITH SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF I-74. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER... REPORTS OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. ILZ053-221200- MACON- 324 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET PERIODICALLY. THE HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG A DECATUR TO DANVILLE LINE...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH POSSIBLE A HALF INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION AND MINOR ICING DUE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY...WITH SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF I-74. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER... REPORTS OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. ILZ061-062-066>068-071>073-221200- CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- SHELBY- 324 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MUCH OF THE EVENING...BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING AND END THE ICING THREAT. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY...WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOWFALL POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST PRECIPITATION TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER... REPORTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. HJS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 21, 2:43 PM CST, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
243 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM SNOW 2 E JACKSONVILLE 39.73N 90.20W
02/21/2013 M3.0 INCH MORGAN IL CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL SO FAR...STILL SNOWING
0220 PM SNOW JACKSONVILLE 39.73N 90.23W
02/21/2013 M3.1 INCH MORGAN IL COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL SO FAR...STILL SNOWING
&&
LAUFENBERGLocal storm report, Feb 21, 3:09 PM CST, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
309 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0308 PM SNOW 2 E JACKSONVILLE 39.73N 90.20W
02/21/2013 M3.9 INCH MORGAN IL CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL SO FAR...STILL SNOWING
&&
LAUFENBERGLocal storm report, Feb 21, 3:11 PM CST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
311 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM SNOW JACKSONVILLE 39.73N 90.23W
02/21/2013 M3.0 INCH MORGAN IL CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL SO FAR...STILL SNOWING
0220 PM SNOW JACKSONVILLE 39.73N 90.23W
02/21/2013 M3.1 INCH MORGAN IL COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL SO FAR...STILL SNOWING
0308 PM SNOW 2 E JACKSONVILLE 39.73N 90.20W
02/21/2013 M3.9 INCH MORGAN IL CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL SO FAR...STILL SNOWING
&&
LAUFENBERGLocal storm report, Feb 21, 3:23 PM CST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
323 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM SNOW 1 SW JEROME 39.76N 89.69W
02/21/2013 M2.0 INCH SANGAMON IL MESONET
STORM TOTAL SO FAR...STILL SNOWING
&&
LAUFENBERGNearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Illinois, 2013Every winter storm warning in 2013
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.