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Wind Chill Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind chill warning at Jan 4, 2014, 3:15 PM CST for 35 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Jan 6, 2014, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 36 hr. 13 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 4, 2014, 3:15 PM CST (21:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 6, 2014, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
All 35 counties
Cass County, IL, 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, Fulton County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Knox County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.6 | Ogden, IL | 24 HOUR SNOW 5.6 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL 6.2 INCHES. |
| Jan 6, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | Ogden, IL | 24 HOUR SNOW 5.6 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL 6.2 INCHES. |
| Jan 6, 6:18 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.6 | 3 Se Dunlap, IL | STORM TOTAL SNOW ESTIMATED AT 6.6 INCHES. SWOP REPORT. |
| Jan 6, 6:26 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.8 | 1 Sw Jerome, IL | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL 7.8 INCHES. 9 INCHES ON THE GROUND. |
| Jan 6, 8:04 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Watson, IL | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL 10 INCHES. SWOP REPORT. |
| Jan 6, 8:06 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Parkersburg, IL | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL 1.8 INCHES. SNOW DEPTH 2 INCHES. SWOP REPORT. |
| Jan 6, 8:39 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.4 | 3 W Bismarck, IL | 7.4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL 8 INCHES. SNOW DEPTH 9 INCHES. SWOP REPORT. |
| Jan 6, 8:39 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 3 W Bismarck, IL | 7.4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL 8 INCHES. SNOW DEPTH 9 INCHES. SWOP REPORT. |
| Jan 6, 9:05 AM CST | SNOW 7 | 4 Sw Olney, IL | BETWEEN 6 AND 7 INCHES |
| Jan 6, 9:15 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Chatham, IL | STORM TOTAL 7.2 INCHES |
| Jan 6, 10:25 AM CST | SNOW 9.2 | Newton, IL | STORM TOTAL 9.2...11 INCHES ON THE GROUND. SNOW COVERED ROADS. |
| Jan 6, 2:18 PM CST | SNOW 13 | Pana, IL | STORM TOTAL AMOUNT. RURAL ROADS WITH DRIFTS TO 6 FEET. FROM SWOP OBSERVER. |
| Jan 6, 2:18 PM CST | SNOW 14 | Casey, IL | 8.5 FELL IN PAST 24 HOURS. 0.85 WATER. BEEN WITHOUT POWER SINCE 8PM SATURDAY EVENING. |
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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 1481 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 565 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 826 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
331 WWUS43 KILX 042115 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 315 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ILZ031-037-038-041>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-050500- /O.NEW.KILX.WC.W.0001.140106T0600Z-140107T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.140105T0000Z-140106T0600Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM- JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON... SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 315 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND NOON ON SUNDAY...LINGERING A BIT LONGER EAST OF INTERSTATE 57. * ACCUMULATIONS...CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY AND INTERSTATE 72. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PANA TO DANVILLE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS LIKELY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. * WIND...WINDS WILL SWING AROUND TO THE NORTH BY LATE TONIGHT BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. SHORTLY AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE... THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH. STRONG WINDS AND FRESH SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW...PARTICULARLY IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. * WIND CHILLS...AS THE SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW THREAT COMES TO AN END SUNDAY EVENING...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET THROUGH THE NIGHT. THESE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE WIND TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THE GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY. THE BITTER WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED LATER SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY CAN RAPIDLY PRODUCE FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN, PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ ILZ027>030-036-040-050500- /O.NEW.KILX.WC.W.0001.140106T0600Z-140107T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0002.140105T0000Z-140106T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 315 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM THIS EVENING AND 6 AM SUNDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. * WIND...WINDS WILL SWING AROUND TO THE NORTH BY LATE TONIGHT BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. SHORTLY AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE... THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH. STRONG WINDS AND FRESH SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS...AS THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THREAT COMES TO AN END SUNDAY EVENING...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET THROUGH THE NIGHT. THESE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE WIND TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE SNOWFALL WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THE GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY. THE BITTER WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED LATER SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY CAN RAPIDLY PRODUCE FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN, PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ BAK
10 follow-up statements
945 WWUS43 KILX 050530 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1130 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ILZ031-037-038-041>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-051100- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T0600Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WC.W.0001.140106T0600Z-140107T1800Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM- JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON... SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1130 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND NOON ON SUNDAY...LINGERING A BIT LONGER EAST OF INTERSTATE 57. * ACCUMULATIONS...CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY AND INTERSTATE 72. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PANA TO DANVILLE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS LIKELY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. * WIND...WINDS WILL SWING AROUND TO THE NORTH BY LATE TONIGHT BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. SHORTLY AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE... THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH. STRONG WINDS AND FRESH SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW...PARTICULARLY IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. * WIND CHILLS...AS THE SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW THREAT COMES TO AN END SUNDAY EVENING...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET THROUGH THE NIGHT. THESE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE WIND TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THE GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY. THE BITTER WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED LATER SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY CAN RAPIDLY PRODUCE FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ ILZ027>030-036-040-051100- /O.CON.KILX.WC.W.0001.140106T0600Z-140107T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140106T0600Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 1130 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM THIS EVENING AND 6 AM SUNDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. * WIND...WINDS WILL SWING AROUND TO THE NORTH BY LATE TONIGHT BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. SHORTLY AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE... THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH. STRONG WINDS AND FRESH SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS...AS THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THREAT COMES TO AN END SUNDAY EVENING...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET THROUGH THE NIGHT. THESE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE WIND TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE SNOWFALL WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THE GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY. THE BITTER WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED LATER SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY CAN RAPIDLY PRODUCE FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ AUTEN
778 WWUS43 KILX 050958 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 358 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ILZ027>030-036-040-051500- /O.UPG.KILX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140106T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T0600Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WC.W.0001.140106T0600Z-140107T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 358 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL APPROACHING 6 INCHES BY LATE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 30 MPH WILL CREATING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS...AS THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THREAT COMES TO AN END SUNDAY EVENING...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET THROUGH THE NIGHT. THESE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE WIND TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE SNOWFALL WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY. THE BITTER WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED LATER SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY CAN RAPIDLY PRODUCE FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ ILZ031-037-038-041>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-051500- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T0600Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WC.W.0001.140106T0600Z-140107T1800Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM- JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON... SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 358 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS MORNING...AND THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 900 AM THROUGH 400 PM TODAY...LINGERING A BIT LONGER EAST OF INTERSTATE 57. * ACCUMULATIONS...CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY AND INTERSTATE 72. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PANA TO DANVILLE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS LIKELY ALONG OR JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. * WIND...WINDS WILL SWING AROUND TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE IN ALL AREAS BY LATE MORNING. STRONG WINDS AND FRESH SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...PARTICULARLY IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. * WIND CHILLS...AS THE SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW THREAT COMES TO AN END THIS EVENING...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET THROUGH THE NIGHT. THESE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE WIND TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY. THE BITTER WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED LATER SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY CAN RAPIDLY PRODUCE FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ SMITH
494 WWUS43 KILX 051601 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1001 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ILZ031-037-038-041>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-052200- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T0600Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WC.W.0001.140106T0600Z-140107T1800Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM- JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON... SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1001 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON...AND THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH 3 PM BETWEEN WEST OF INTERSTATE 57...AND THROUGH 5 PM ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 57. * ACCUMULATIONS...CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY AND INTERSTATE 72. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PANA TO DANVILLE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS LIKELY ALONG OR JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. * WIND...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS AND FRESH SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...PARTICULARLY IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. * WIND CHILLS...AS THE SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW THREAT COMES TO AN END THIS EVENING...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET THROUGH THE NIGHT. THESE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE WIND TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 25 BELOW TO 45 BELOW FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY. THE BITTER WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY CAN RAPIDLY PRODUCE FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ ILZ027>030-036-040-052200- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T0600Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WC.W.0001.140106T0600Z-140107T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 1001 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL APPROACHING 6 INCHES BY LATE AFTERNOON. AREAS THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THE HEAVIER BAND OF SNOW LAST NIGHT WILL SEE LOCALLY HIGHER STORM TOTALS. * ACCUMULATIONS...CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 30 MPH WILL CREATING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS...AS THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THREAT COMES TO AN THIS EVENING...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET THROUGH THE NIGHT. THESE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE WIND TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 25 BELOW TO 45 BELOW FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE SNOWFALL WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY. THE BITTER WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY CAN RAPIDLY PRODUCE FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ BAK
184 WWUS43 KILX 052129 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 329 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ILZ031-037-038-041>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-060600- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T0600Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WC.W.0001.140106T0600Z-140107T1800Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM- JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON... SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 329 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WEST OF INTERSTATE 57 SHOULD BE 2 INCHES OR LESS. LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 57 COULD SEE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW BEFORE IT TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. * WIND...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO AROUND 35 MPH TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS AND FRESH SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...PARTICULARLY IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. * WIND CHILLS...AS THE SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW THREAT COMES TO AN END THIS EVENING...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET THROUGH THE NIGHT. THESE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE WIND TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 25 BELOW TO 45 BELOW FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY. THE BITTER WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY CAN RAPIDLY PRODUCE FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ ILZ027>030-036-040-060600- /O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T0600Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WC.W.0001.140106T0600Z-140107T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 329 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION AROUND AN INCH OR LESS IS ANTICIPATED THIS EVENING. * WIND...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO AROUND 35 MPH TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS AND FRESH SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS...AS THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THREAT COMES TO AN THIS EVENING...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET THROUGH THE NIGHT. THESE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE WIND TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 25 BELOW TO 45 BELOW FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE SNOWFALL WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY. THE BITTER WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY CAN RAPIDLY PRODUCE FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ BAK
578 WWUS43 KILX 060555 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1155 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ILZ031-037-038-041>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-061100- /O.EXP.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T0600Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WC.W.0001.140106T0600Z-140107T1800Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM- JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON... SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1155 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * WIND...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 30 TO 35 MPH OVERNIGHT. STRONG WINDS AND FRESH SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET OVERNIGHT. THESE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE WIND TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON SOME RURAL ROADS AND COUNTY HIGHWAYS. THE BITTER WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY CAN RAPIDLY PRODUCE FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ ILZ027>030-036-040-061100- /O.EXP.KILX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T0600Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WC.W.0001.140106T0600Z-140107T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 1155 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * WIND...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 30 TO 35 MPH OVERNIGHT. STRONG WINDS AND FRESH SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET OVERNIGHT. THESE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE WIND TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON SOME RURAL ROADS AND COUNTY HIGHWAYS. THE BITTER WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY CAN RAPIDLY PRODUCE FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ AUTEN
601 WWUS43 KILX 061038 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 438 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-061600- /O.CON.KILX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140107T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 438 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 30 TO 35 MPH TODAY. STRONG WINDS AND FRESH SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW ZERO IN MANY AREAS TODAY. THESE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE WIND TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 35 BELOW TO NEARLY 50 BELOW ZERO TODAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON SOME RURAL ROADS AND COUNTY HIGHWAYS. THE BITTER WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED CAN RAPIDLY PRODUCE FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ SMITH
658 WWUS43 KILX 061651 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1051 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-070100- /O.CON.KILX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140107T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1051 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST OF 25 TO 40 MPH TODAY AND 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS AND FRESH SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILLS...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO RANGE TODAY AND BE 10 TO 17 BELOW FOR LOWS TONIGHT. THESE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE WIND TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES RANGING FROM 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO WITH A FEW SPOTS GETTING DOWN TO 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES INTO TUESDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY FROM I-74 NORTH. * IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON SOME RURAL ROADS AND COUNTY HIGHWAYS. THE BITTER WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED CAN RAPIDLY PRODUCE FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ 07
175 WWUS43 KILX 062153 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 353 PM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-070600- /O.CON.KILX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140107T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 353 PM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST 20 TO 30 MPH INTO THIS EVENING AND 10 TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS AND FRESH SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO THE EVENING ESPECIALLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. * WIND CHILLS...TEMPERATURES WILL LOWER INTO THE 10 TO 17 BELOW ZERO RANGE TONIGHT. THESE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE WIND TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES RANGING FROM 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO WITH A FEW SPOTS GETTING DOWN TO 40 TO 45 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES INTO MID TUESDAY MORNING FROM I-74 NORTH. * IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON SOME RURAL ROADS AND COUNTY HIGHWAYS. THE BITTER WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED CAN RAPIDLY PRODUCE FROST BITE WITHIN 10 MINUTES AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ 07
587 WWUS43 KILX 071005 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 405 AM CST TUE JAN 7 2014 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-071800- /O.CON.KILX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140107T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 405 AM CST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * WIND...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. * WIND CHILLS...MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 5 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO RANGE. THESE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE WIND TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES RANGING FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...THE BITTER WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED CAN RAPIDLY PRODUCE FROST BITE WITHIN 10 MINUTES AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ SMITH
481 WWUS43 KILX 071801 WSWILX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1201 PM CST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING EXPIRES AT NOON TODAY... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-071915- /O.EXP.KILX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140107T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1201 PM CST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. WIND CHILLS HAVE ELEVATED TO BETWEEN 5 AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AT NOON ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS AS AIR TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. THUS THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT NOON. $$ 07
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 wind chill warning went out at Jan 4, 2:51 PM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 2:51 PM CST, 24 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lincoln IL 251 PM CST Sat Jan 4 2014 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 251 PM CST Sat Jan 4 2014 Here in central and southeast Illinois we continue to wait for the arrival of a potent winter snow storm, which will be followed by some of the most bitterly cold conditions seen in many years. Not surprisingly, the main forecast concerns today revolve around snow amounts with the storm and exactly how cold it will be in its wake. 12Z models in reasonable agreement with the approaching storm and in good agreement with respect to the cold air in its wake. The NAM, which had been the fastest/weakest model locally with the storm has now recently trended to be among the slowest. Do not prefer its solution in general. However, will be leaning a bit on its depiction of the frontogenetic band along the front to our northwest. This is due to it, and some of the other short range higher resolution models, appearing to have a pretty good handle on this feature at the moment. SHORT TERM...Initial snow and cold (Through Tuesday): Temperatures have warmed nicely today under fairly strong pre-frontal southerly flow. The arctic front currently extends from northern Ontario, southwest along the IA/IL border, to a developing area of low pressure over the southern Plains. The front is only creeping slowly southeast, a fact that will not change anytime soon as the southern Plains low will begin to track northeast up the front shortly. In any event, the front is forecast to be south/east of the forecast area by Sunday morning. A band of frontogenetically forced snow will creep southeast in the vicinity of the frontal boundary tonight. This snow will impact mainly the northwest half of the forecast area tonight before it weakens with the approach of the southern plains low/upper wave. The band is forecast to be stronger than previously anticipated, so plan to boost snow totals a little over the Winter Weather Advisory Area (4-6 inches). Over the Winter Storm Warning area, snow amounts look pretty similar to before, with 6-8 inches expected north of Pana to Danville line and 8-12 inch totals likely to the south of this line. Did have to tweak the totals down just a little in extreme southeast Illinois as many forecast sounding suggest the near surface layer will warm sufficiently to have the snow mixing with or changing to rain for a time tonight or early Sunday. The warning area still appears likely to receive the bulk of its snow later tonight into midday Sunday as the deformation zone associated with the southern plains surface low/upper wave passes by. The forcing within the deformation zone will be impressive, courtesy of a vigorous upper wave, coupled upper jet, and associated frontogenesis. Another threat, aside from the snowfall itself, will be blowing and drifting snow. This threat will be greatest across east central and southeast Illinois during Sunday afternoon and evening. This is due to the fact that the heaviest snow will have fallen in this area and the winds will also be the strongest here (gusts to around 35 mph). Near blizzard conditions are likely over east central and southeast Illinois Sunday afternoon/evening, but do not plan to upgrade to a blizzard warning due to the marginal conditions for a blizzard. However, it will be nasty in any event, especially when considering the light fluffy nature of the snow that will easily be blown around. The snow will gradually come to an end from west to east Sunday afternoon and early evening. Then, the main story through Tuesday will be the bitter cold. Expect actual temperatures to be below zero more often than not for the Sunday night-Tuesday morning time frame. This bitter cold will combine with the wind to provide an extended period of wind chills from 25-40 below zero. With this in mind, will post a Wind Chill Warning from 06Z Monday (when snow headlines end) through 18Z Tuesday. LONG TERM...Rest of the forecast (Wednesday through Saturday): Temperatures are expected to moderate through the period, but will only reach "normal" or slightly above by Saturday. Two weather systems are currently progged to impact the area during this transition period. The first, arriving Wednesday into Thursday, should be a snow producer. The second, arriving Friday into Saturday, should be warm enough to produce snow or rain. Model agreement and run to run consistency with these two systems has not been great. However, there is still plenty of time to iron out the details. Bak && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1148 AM CST Sat Jan 4 2014 Several concerns with this TAF set. Initial one will be with area of stratocumulus advecting northeast from southern Missouri. This will likely bring MVFR ceilings from KSPI-KDEC by late this afternoon. However, main concern will be developing this evening, as a strong cold front moves into central Illinois. The front should get through about KBMI and KDEC, before stalling as a wave of low pressure rides northeast from Missouri. Snow will become widespread this evening, although it may be starting near KPIA as early as sunset. 18Z TAF's have IFR conditions at all sites by mid to late evening, but there are some concerns that around KCMI, this may hold off until around 06Z or a bit later. The intensity of the snow will ramp up toward sunrise, with LIFR conditions developing. Northerly winds on Sunday morning will increase and begin gusting to around 20-25 knots, although the highest winds will hold off until after 18Z. Geelhart && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING from 6 PM this evening to Midnight CST Sunday Night FOR ILZ031-037-038-041>057-061>063-066>068-071>073. WIND CHILL WARNING from Midnight Sunday Night to Noon CST Tuesday FOR ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY from 6 PM this evening to Midnight CST Sunday Night FOR ILZ027>030-036-040. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 4, 11:17 AM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1117 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ILZ027>030-036-040-051200- FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-STARK- 1117 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO AREAS NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER BY MID AFTERNOON...AND OVERSPREAD CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. TWO TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY TO ACCUMULATE BY SUNRISE... WITH THE HIGHER NUMBERS ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO IS LIKELY...GIVING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS NEAR THE ILLINOIS RIVER. AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE BEHIND THE SYSTEM...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BEHIND THIS STORM...THE COLDEST AIR IN SEVERAL YEARS WILL PUSH INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR...FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. WIND CHILLS WILL FREQUENTLY RANGE FROM 30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO DURING THIS PERIOD. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW NEXT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL OBSERVATIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. ILZ031-037-038-041>044-047>053-051200- CASS-CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-LOGAN-MACON-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN- PIATT-SANGAMON-SCOTT-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 1117 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN OVERSPREADING CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING...AND INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY SUNRISE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SOME OF THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY...GIVING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO LOCALLY 8 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS EAST OF I-55. AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE BEHIND THE SYSTEM...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE LIKELY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...THE COLDEST AIR IN SEVERAL YEARS WILL PUSH INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR...FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. WIND CHILLS WILL FREQUENTLY RANGE FROM 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO DURING THIS PERIOD. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW NEXT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL OBSERVATIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. ILZ045-046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-051200- CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR- EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MOULTRIE-RICHLAND-SHELBY-VERMILION- 1117 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING...AND BECOME STEADIER OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY SUNRISE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES WILL BE MOST LIKELY SOUTH OF A TAYLORVILLE TO CHAMPAIGN LINE...AND MAY BE IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES SOUTH OF I-70. AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE BEHIND THE SYSTEM...EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...THE COLDEST AIR IN SEVERAL YEARS WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR...FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. WIND CHILLS WILL FREQUENTLY RANGE FROM 30 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO DURING THIS PERIOD. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW NEXT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL OBSERVATIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. GEELHART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 4:01 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 44 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:01 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Schuyler, Stark | 24 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.