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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 3, 201429 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this winter storm warning at Feb 3, 2014, 3:33 PM CST for 29 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 4, 2014, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 3, 2014, 3:33 PM CST (21:33 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 4, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 5, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
All 29 counties

Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Knox 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, 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), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 4, 2:15 PM CSTSNOW 1.7Sherman, IL1.7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE NOON. SNOW DEPTH IS 4 INCHS.
Feb 4, 2:20 PM CSTSNOW 24 S Springfield, IL2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW AT LAKE SPRINGFIELD. SWOP REPORT.
Feb 4, 2:35 PM CSTSNOW 2Springfield, ILHEAVY SNOW OCCURRING. SWOP REPORT.
Feb 4, 2:45 PM CSTSNOW 22 Ne Cisco, ILSNOW FALLING AT THE RATE OF 1 INCH PER HOUR. SWOP REPORT.
Feb 4, 3:10 PM CSTSNOW 3Decatur, ILREPORTED AT WAND-TV.
Feb 4, 3:14 PM CSTSNOW 3Sullivan, ILMODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALLING. ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND THERE IS BLOWING SNOW.
Feb 4, 4:10 PM CSTSNOW 32 Ne Cisco, IL
Feb 4, 4:40 PM CSTSNOW 3.1Petersburg, IL
Feb 4, 5:00 PM CSTSNOW 41 Sw Jerome, IL
Feb 4, 5:40 PM CSTSNOW 5Charleston, IL
Feb 4, 5:45 PM CSTSNOW 2.28 E Petersburg, IL
Feb 4, 6:00 PM CSTSNOW 0.8Peoria, IL
Feb 4, 6:00 PM CSTSNOW 1.2Lincoln, IL
Feb 4, 6:00 PM CSTSNOW 2.4Springfield, IL
Feb 4, 6:00 PM CSTSNOW 5.1Sullivan, IL
Feb 4, 6:00 PM CSTSNOW 5.5Decatur, ILREPORTED VIA FACEBOOK
Feb 4, 6:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6.2Newman, ILREPORTED VIA TWITTER
Feb 4, 6:25 PM CSTSNOW 41 E Chatham, ILSTILL SNOWING
Feb 4, 6:29 PM CSTSNOW 3.8Riverton, ILSTILL SNOWING
Feb 4, 6:30 PM CSTSNOW 5.5Charleston, ILSTILL SNOWING
Feb 4, 7:00 PM CSTSNOW 3.62 N Homer, ILSTILL SNOWING
Feb 4, 7:15 PM CSTSNOW 3Danville, ILSTILL SNOWING
Feb 4, 7:15 PM CSTSNOW 3.5Champaign, ILAT WCIA STUDIOS
Feb 4, 7:30 PM CSTSNOW 32 S Champaign, IL1.5 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN. REPORT VIA FACEBOOK
Feb 4, 7:30 PM CSTSNOW 5Tuscola, ILREPORTED VIA FACEBOOK
Feb 4, 7:30 PM CSTSNOW 5Westville, ILREPORTED VIA FACEBOOK
Feb 4, 7:30 PM CSTSNOW 5.5Warrensburg, ILREPORTED VIA TWITTER
Feb 4, 7:35 PM CSTSNOW 5.5Sullivan, ILREPORT VIA FACEBOOK
Feb 4, 7:45 PM CSTSNOW 3Oakwood, ILREPORTED VIA FACEBOOK
Feb 4, 7:45 PM CSTSNOW 4.5Villa Grove, ILREPORTED VIA FACEBOOK
Feb 4, 7:50 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6Assumption, ILREPORT VIA FACEBOOK
Feb 4, 8:00 PM CSTSNOW 21 N Abingdon, IL
Feb 4, 8:00 PM CSTSNOW 42 N Springfield, ILON NORTH END OF SPRINGFIELD. REPORT VIA FACEBOOK
Feb 4, 8:00 PM CSTSNOW 4Arenzville, ILREPORTED VIA FACEBOOK
Feb 4, 8:00 PM CSTSNOW 5Winchester, ILREPORTED VIA FACEBOOK
Feb 4, 8:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 62 W Charleston, ILREPORTED VIA FACEBOOK
Feb 4, 8:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6.9Wolf Creek State Park, ILREPORT VIA FACEBOOK
Feb 4, 8:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 7Pana, ILREPORTED VIA FACEBOOK
Feb 4, 8:05 PM CSTSNOW 3.2Lane, ILSWOP REPORT
Feb 4, 8:15 PM CSTSNOW 5.5Kilbourne, ILREPORT VIA FACEBOOK
Feb 4, 8:15 PM CSTSNOW 5.5Neoga, ILRANGE FROM 5 TO 6 INCHES. REPORT VIA FACEBOOK
Feb 4, 8:20 PM CSTSNOW 4Beardstown, ILREPORT VIA FACEBOOK
Feb 4, 8:22 PM CSTSNOW 6Jacksonville, ILSTILL SNOWING
Feb 4, 8:30 PM CSTSNOW 5Herrick, ILREPORTED VIA FACEBOOK
Feb 4, 8:34 PM CSTSNOW 3.2Ogden, ILSTILL SNOWING
Feb 4, 8:39 PM CSTSNOW 25 Nw Peoria, ILSTILL SNOWING
Feb 4, 8:40 PM CSTSNOW 6Mount Zion, ILSTILL SNOWING
Feb 4, 8:45 PM CSTSNOW 5Savoy, ILREPORTED VIA TWITTER
Feb 4, 8:45 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6Mattoon, ILREPORTED VIA FACEBOOK
Feb 4, 8:45 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6.2Decatur, ILAT WAND-TV STUDIOS
Feb 4, 8:50 PM CSTSNOW 4Jacksonville, ILSTILL SNOWING
Feb 4, 9:00 PM CSTSNOW 21 Sw Jerome, ILSTORM TOTAL SO FAR IS 6 INCHES. STILL SNOWING
Feb 4, 9:06 PM CSTSNOW 4Mount Pulaski, ILSTILL SNOWING
Feb 4, 9:15 PM CSTSNOW 4Cisco, ILREPORTED VIA FACEBOOK
Feb 4, 9:30 PM CSTSNOW 4Petersburg, ILSTILL SNOWING
Feb 4, 9:41 PM CSTSNOW 5.3Ne Springfield, ILNEW SNOW FALL. STILL SNOWING
Feb 4, 9:43 PM CSTSNOW 6Sullivan, ILSTORM TOTAL SO FAR
Feb 4, 9:48 PM CSTSNOW 4.8Lane, ILSTORM TOTAL SO FAR
Feb 4, 10:00 PM CSTSNOW 4Clinton, ILREPORTED VIA FACEBOOK
Feb 4, 10:00 PM CSTSNOW 4Mahomet, ILREPORTED VIA FACEBOOK

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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 51 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2014-02-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2014-02-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
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Mixed-layer LCL
1652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
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Significant tornado parameter
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Supercell composite
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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

302 
WWUS43 KILX 032133
WSWILX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
333 PM CST MON FEB 3 2014

...ANOTHER WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL ILLINOIS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO PUSH OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND
INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY ON TUESDAY...THREATENING A GOOD PORTION
OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WITH HEAVY SNOW...STARTING 
DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS IN THE WEST...AND THEN SPREADING OVER
THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA IN THE AFTERNOON. 

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-040400-
/O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0003.140204T1800Z-140205T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KILX.WS.W.0003.140204T1800Z-140205T1800Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE
333 PM CST MON FEB 3 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO
NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING IN AREAS WEST
  OF INTERSTATE 55...AND THEN TO THE EAST DURING THE
  AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW
  WILL BEGIN OCCURRING TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE INTO
  WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES WILL ACCUMULATE ALONG AND NORTH OF
  A TAYLORVILLE TO PARIS LINE TO JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 74...WITH
  LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 5 TO 7 INCHES WILL ACCUMULATE
  ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 74.

* WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AT
  15 TO 25 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. 

* VISIBILITIES...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT
  TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAINLY ALONG AND
  NORTH OF A BEARDSTOWN TO DANVILLE LINE.

* IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES
  DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
  TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.


&&

$$

ILZ066>068-071>073-040400-
/O.NEW.KILX.WW.Y.0006.140204T1800Z-140205T1800Z/
EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
333 PM CST MON FEB 3 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON
CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY
TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE MAY BE
  A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AS THE PRECIPITATION
  BEGINS...BUT IT APPEARS NOW THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION
  WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY
  WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

* WIND...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ON TUESDAY WILL
  BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT AND THEN BEGIN TO
  INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
  CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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.
&&

$$
SMITH
7 follow-up statements
405 
WWUS43 KILX 040306
WSWILX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
906 PM CST MON FEB 3 2014

...ANOTHER WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL ILLINOIS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO PUSH OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
AND INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY ON TUESDAY...THREATENING A GOOD
PORTION OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WITH HEAVY SNOW...
STARTING DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS IN THE WEST...AND THEN
SPREADING OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA IN THE AFTERNOON.

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-041100-
/O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0003.140204T1800Z-140205T1800Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE
906 PM CST MON FEB 3 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO
NOON CST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO
NOON CST WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING IN AREAS WEST
  OF INTERSTATE 55...AND THEN TO THE EAST DURING THE
  AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW
  WILL BEGIN OCCURRING TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE INTO
  WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES WILL ACCUMULATE ALONG AND NORTH 
  OF A TAYLORVILLE TO PARIS LINE TO JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 
  74... WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 5 TO 7 INCHES 
  WILL ACCUMULATE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 74. 

* WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWEST 
  AT 15 TO 25 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 30 MPH AT 
  TIMES. 

* VISIBILITIES...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES 
  AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAINLY 
  ALONG AND NORTH OF A BEARDSTOWN TO DANVILLE LINE. 

* IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES 
  DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS 
  TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

ILZ066>068-071>073-041100-
/O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0006.140204T1800Z-140205T1800Z/
EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
906 PM CST MON FEB 3 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO
NOON CST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO
NOON CST WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY TUESDAY 
  AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE MAY 
  BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AS THE 
  PRECIPITATION BEGINS...BUT IT APPEARS NOW THE MAJORITY OF THE 
  PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY 
  WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

* WIND...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ON TUESDAY WILL 
  BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT AND THEN BEGIN TO 
  INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

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. 
&&

$$


BAK
984 
WWUS43 KILX 040900
WSWILX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
300 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014

...ANOTHER WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON 
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-041700-
/O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0003.140204T1800Z-140205T1800Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE
300 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON
CST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON
CST WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN BY LATE MORNING NEAR JACKSONVILLE AND
  RUSHVILLE...AND MAY EXTEND IN A NARROW CORRIDOR AS FAR EAST AS
  BLOOMINGTON AND CHAMPAIGN BY MIDDAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME
  WIDESPREAD DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL
  ILLINOIS...AND CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING
  WEDNESDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL BEGIN OCCURRING BY LATE
  EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE LIKELY BY SUNSET.
  BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY MORNING...A TOTAL OF 6 TO 7
  INCHES WILL ACCUMULATE IN MUCH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WITH
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG A RUSHVILLE TO DANVILLE LINE. IN
  AREAS NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF PEORIA...STORM TOTALS OF 5 TO 6
  INCHES WILL BE MORE COMMON.

* WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHERLY
  TONIGHT. 

* VISIBILITIES...HEAVIER BANDS OF SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO
  UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IN
  ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES
  TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS
  AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN POOR THROUGH TONIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING
  SNOW TONIGHT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE
  HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. 

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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

ILZ066>068-071>073-041700-
/O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0006.140204T1800Z-140205T1800Z/
EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
300 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
NOON CST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
NOON CST WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL RAPIDLY SPREAD OVER SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS
  AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY
  SUNSET...AND A TOTAL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THE TIME
  THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

* WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWEST
  TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
  CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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. 
&&

$$
GEELHART
434 
WWUS43 KILX 041551
WSWILX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
951 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014

...ANOTHER WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-050000-
/O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0003.140204T1800Z-140205T1800Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE
951 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING FROM CANTON TO
  LINCOLN TO TAYLORVILLE SOUTHWEST...AND SPREAD ACROSS THE
  REMAINDER OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW
  WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER DURING MID AND LATE AFTERNOON
  ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND CONTINUE MUCH OF TONIGHT
  BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER WEDNESDAY MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW WILL BEGIN OCCURRING BY LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO
  WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE LIKELY BY SUNSET.
  BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY MORNING...A TOTAL OF 6 TO 8
  INCHES WILL ACCUMULATE IN MUCH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS... WITH
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG A RUSHVILLE TO DANVILLE LINE. IN
  AREAS NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF PEORIA...STORM TOTALS OF 5 TO 6
  INCHES WILL BE MORE COMMON.

* WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
  OF 20 TO 30 MPH BY TONIGHT AND BECOME NORTHERLY OVERNIGHT INTO 
  WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* VISIBILITIES...HEAVIER BANDS OF SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO
  UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IN
  ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER AT
  TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE DURING THIS 
  AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN POOR THROUGH TONIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING 
  SNOW TONIGHT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE 
  HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. 

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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER AND CELL PHONE IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

ILZ066>068-071>073-050000-
/O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0006.140204T1800Z-140205T1800Z/
EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
951 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS DURING MID
  AND LATE AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE TONIGHT AND THEN DIMINISH BY
  WEDNESDAY MORNING.


* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY SUNSET...
  AND A TOTAL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW
  DIMINISHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 15
  TO 25 MPH BY TONIGHT AND WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT
  INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

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. 

&&

$$

07
851 
WWUS43 KILX 042208
WSWILX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
408 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014

...ANOTHER WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-050600-
/O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE
408 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD NORTH
  OF I-74 DURING LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE
  SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM THE SOUTHWEST DURING MID AND LATE
  WEDNESDAY MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BEGIN
  OCCURRING DURING THE EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE LIKELY BY MID
  MORNING WEDNESDAY. 

* WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
  BY TONIGHT AND BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
  MORNING.

* VISIBILITIES...HEAVIER BANDS OF SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO
  UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES INTO TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW
  WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH
  WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE DURING THIS 
  AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN POOR THROUGH TONIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING 
  SNOW TONIGHT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE 
  HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. 

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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER AND CELL PHONE
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

ILZ066>068-071>073-050600-
/O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/
EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
408 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE
  TONIGHT AND DIMINISH BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY DAWN
  WEDNESDAY WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH OF I-70. 

* WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH
  INTO THIS EVENING WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT INTO
  WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

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.

&&

$$

07
953 
WWUS43 KILX 050311
WSWILX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
911 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-051030-
/O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE
911 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM THE SOUTHWEST
  DURING MID AND LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
  WILL PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE LIKELY BY MID
  MORNING WEDNESDAY.

* WIND...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL
  TREND NORTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY.
 
* VISIBILITIES...HEAVIER BANDS OF SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO
  UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW
  WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH
  WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS WILL BE COMMON INTO
  WEDNESDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND
  CONTRIBUTE TO THE HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS.

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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER AND CELL PHONE
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

ILZ066>068-071>073-051030-
/O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/
EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
911 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE 
  TONIGHT AND DIMINISH BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY DAWN
  WEDNESDAY WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH OF I-70.

* WIND...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL
  TREND NORTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS WILL BE COMMON INTO
  WEDNESDAY.

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.

&&

$$


BAK
495 
WWUS43 KILX 050914
WSWILX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
314 AM CST WED FEB 5 2014

ILZ027>030-051800-
/O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KILX.WC.W.0003.140206T0300Z-140206T1800Z/
/O.EXA.KILX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA
314 AM CST WED FEB 5 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
THURSDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH MIDDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND AN
  INCH. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES...
  HIGHEST SOUTH OF I-74.

* WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL GUST UP TO 30 MPH AT
  TIMES THIS MORNING...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
  ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO
  LESS THAN 10 MPH TONIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD IN THE TEENS...BUT
  WILL SIGNIFICANTLY FALL THIS EVENING. BY SUNRISE THURSDAY...
  TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO...AND
  BARELY RISE ABOVE ZERO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 

* WIND CHILLS...BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS
  EVENING...AND ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW
  ZERO RANGE AFTER MIDNIGHT...LINGERING AT DANGEROUS LEVELS
  THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL REMAINS VERY HAZARDOUS. ROADS REMAIN SNOW
  COVERED...AND THE BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES
  AND DEEPER SNOW DRIFTS ON UNTREATED ROADS. TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
  MORNING...FROSTBITE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN ONLY
  AROUND 10 MINUTES...WITH HYPOTHERMIA POSSIBLE WITH EXTENDED TIME
  OUTDOORS.

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.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES
WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

&&

$$

ILZ031-037-038-051800-
/O.CAN.KILX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KILX.WC.Y.0005.140206T0300Z-140206T1800Z/
/O.EXA.KILX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/
WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL
314 AM CST WED FEB 5 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED.
THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH MIDDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND AN
  INCH. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES...
  HIGHEST SOUTH OF I-74.

* WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL GUST UP TO 30 MPH AT
  TIMES THIS MORNING...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
  ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO
  LESS THAN 10 MPH TONIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD AROUND 20
  DEGREES...BUT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY FALL THIS EVENING. BY SUNRISE
  THURSDAY...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE CLOSE TO 10 BELOW
  ZERO...AND BARELY RISE ABOVE ZERO THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* WIND CHILLS...BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS
  EVENING...AND ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW
  ZERO RANGE AFTER MIDNIGHT...LINGERING AT DANGEROUS LEVELS
  THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL TODAY REMAINS VERY HAZARDOUS. ROADS REMAIN SNOW
  COVERED...AND THE BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES
  AND DEEPER SNOW DRIFTS ON UNTREATED ROADS. TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
  MORNING...FROSTBITE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN ONLY
  AROUND 10 MINUTES...WITH HYPOTHERMIA POSSIBLE WITH EXTENDED TIME
  OUTDOORS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES
WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES...AND MINIMIZE AS MUCH EXPOSED SKIN AS POSSIBLE.

&&

$$

ILZ036-040-051800-
/O.NEW.KILX.WC.W.0003.140206T0300Z-140206T1800Z/
/O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/
FULTON-SCHUYLER-
314 AM CST WED FEB 5 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH MID MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING TO FLURRIES.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE AN INCH OR
  LESS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES.

* WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL GUST UP TO 30 MPH AT
  TIMES THIS MORNING...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
  ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO
  LESS THAN 10 MPH TONIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD IN THE TEENS...BUT
  WILL SIGNIFICANTLY FALL THIS EVENING. BY SUNRISE THURSDAY...
  TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE CLOSE TO 10 BELOW ZERO...AND
  ONLY RISE INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* WIND CHILLS...BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS
  EVENING...AND ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW
  ZERO RANGE AFTER MIDNIGHT...LINGERING AT DANGEROUS LEVELS
  THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN VERY HAZARDOUS TODAY. ROADS REMAIN
  SNOW COVERED...AND THE BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED
  VISIBILITIES AND DEEPER SNOW DRIFTS ON UNTREATED ROADS. TONIGHT
  AND THURSDAY MORNING...FROSTBITE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED
  SKIN IN ONLY AROUND 10 MINUTES...WITH HYPOTHERMIA POSSIBLE WITH
  EXTENDED TIME OUTDOORS.

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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER AND CELL PHONE
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.

&&

$$

ILZ041>057-061-051800-
/O.NEW.KILX.WC.Y.0005.140206T0300Z-140206T1800Z/
/O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/
MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-
MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-
SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...
DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...
CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE
314 AM CST WED FEB 5 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH MIDDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND AN
  INCH. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH
  THE HIGHEST TOTALS FROM I-72 SOUTH TO AROUND I-70.

* WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL GUST UP TO 30 MPH AT
  TIMES THIS MORNING...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
  ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO
  LESS THAN 10 MPH TONIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD IN THE 18 TO 25
  DEGREE RANGE...WARMEST NEAR THE INDIANA BORDER...BUT WILL
  SIGNIFICANTLY FALL THIS EVENING. BY SUNRISE THURSDAY...
  TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW
  ZERO...AND ONLY RISE INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* WIND CHILLS...BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS
  EVENING...AND ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW
  ZERO RANGE AFTER MIDNIGHT...LINGERING AT DANGEROUS LEVELS
  THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL REMAINS VERY HAZARDOUS. ROADS REMAIN SNOW
  COVERED...AND THE BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES
  AND DEEPER SNOW DRIFTS ON UNTREATED ROADS. TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
  MORNING...FROSTBITE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN ONLY
  AROUND 10 MINUTES...WITH HYPOTHERMIA POSSIBLE WITH EXTENDED TIME
  OUTDOORS.

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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER AND CELL PHONE
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES...AND MINIMIZE AS MUCH EXPOSED SKIN AS POSSIBLE.

&&

$$

ILZ062-063-051800-
/O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/
CUMBERLAND-CLARK-
314 AM CST WED FEB 5 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* TIMING...MUCH OF THE LINGERING LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS
  MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING. HOWEVER...BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL OF LESS THAN AN INCH IS EXPECTED
  THIS MORNING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 9
  INCHES.

* WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH SOME
  HIGHER GUSTS AT TIMES. 

* VISIBILITIES...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES
  THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL REMAINS VERY HAZARDOUS. ROADS REMAIN SNOW
  COVERED...AND THE BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES
  AND DEEPER SNOW DRIFTS ON UNTREATED ROADS.

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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER AND CELL PHONE
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

ILZ066>068-071>073-051800-
/O.CON.KILX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/
EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
314 AM CST WED FEB 5 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.

* TIMING...MUCH OF THE LINGERING LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS
  MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL OF LESS THAN AN INCH IS EXPECTED
  THIS MORNING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 7
  INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS NEAR THE I-70 CORRIDOR.

* WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH SOME
  HIGHER GUSTS AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED FROM THE EARLIER SNOW...AND
  SOME DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN DEEPER SNOW DRIFTS ON
  UNTREATED ROADWAYS. TRAVEL TODAY WILL BE HAZARDOUS.

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.

&&

$$
GEELHART
914 
WWUS43 KILX 051820
WSWILX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1220 PM CST WED FEB 5 2014

ILZ036-040-052200-
/O.EXP.KILX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/
/O.CON.KILX.WC.W.0003.140206T0300Z-140206T1800Z/
FULTON-SCHUYLER-
1220 PM CST WED FEB 5 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
THURSDAY. 

* SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WILL LINGER THIS
  AFTERNOON WITH JUST A DUSTING POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO
  20 MPH AND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS.

* WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL GUST UP TO 30 MPH AT 
  TIMES THIS MORNING...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING 
  SNOW ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO 
  DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 10 MPH TONIGHT. 

* TEMPERATURES...BY SUNRISE THURSDAY... TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
  TO BE CLOSE TO 10 BELOW ZERO...AND ONLY RISE INTO THE SINGLE
  DIGITS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* WIND CHILLS...BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS 
  EVENING...AND ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 20 BELOW TO 30 
  BELOW ZERO RANGE AFTER MIDNIGHT...LINGERING AT DANGEROUS 
  LEVELS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED...AND THE BLOWING
  SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DEEPER SNOW DRIFTS ON
  UNTREATED ROADS. TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...FROSTBITE WILL
  BE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN ONLY AROUND 10 MINUTES...WITH
  HYPOTHERMIA POSSIBLE WITH EXTENDED TIME OUTDOORS.

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.

&&

$$

ILZ041>057-061-052200-
/O.EXP.KILX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/
/O.CON.KILX.WC.Y.0005.140206T0300Z-140206T1800Z/
MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-
MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-
SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...
DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...
CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE
1220 PM CST WED FEB 5 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
THURSDAY. 

* SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WILL LINGER THIS
  AFTERNOON WITH JUST A DUSTING POSSIBLE.

* WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WILL GUST 20 TO 30 MPH AT
  TIMES THIS AFTERNOON...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
  ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO
  LESS THAN 10 MPH TONIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...BY SUNRISE THURSDAY... TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
  TO BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO...AND ONLY RISE INTO THE
  SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* WIND CHILLS...BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS 
  EVENING...AND ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 15 BELOW TO 25 
  BELOW ZERO RANGE AFTER MIDNIGHT...LINGERING AT DANGEROUS 
  LEVELS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED...AND THE BLOWING
  SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DEEPER SNOW DRIFTS ON
  UNTREATED ROADS. TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...FROSTBITE WILL
  BE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN ONLY AROUND 10 MINUTES...WITH
  HYPOTHERMIA POSSIBLE WITH EXTENDED TIME OUTDOORS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES...AND MINIMIZE AS MUCH EXPOSED SKIN AS POSSIBLE.

&&

$$

ILZ062-063-051930-
/O.EXP.KILX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/
CUMBERLAND-CLARK-
1220 PM CST WED FEB 5 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WILL LINGER THIS
AFTERNOON WITH JUST A DUSTING POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO
20 MPH AND GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS.

$$

ILZ027>030-052200-
/O.EXP.KILX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/
/O.CON.KILX.WC.W.0003.140206T0300Z-140206T1800Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA
1220 PM CST WED FEB 5 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
THURSDAY. 

* SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WILL LINGER THIS
  AFTERNOON WITH A DUSTING POSSIBLE. 

* WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WILL 20 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES
  THIS AFTERNOON...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY
  IN RURAL AREAS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO LESS THAN
  10 MPH TONIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...BY SUNRISE THURSDAY... TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
  TO BE AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO...AND BARELY RISE ABOVE ZERO THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* WIND CHILLS...BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS 
  EVENING...AND ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 20 BELOW TO 30 
  BELOW ZERO RANGE AFTER MIDNIGHT...LINGERING AT DANGEROUS 
  LEVELS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED...AND THE BLOWING
  SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DEEPER SNOW DRIFTS ON
  UNTREATED ROADS. TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...FROSTBITE WILL
  BE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN ONLY AROUND 10 MINUTES...WITH
  HYPOTHERMIA POSSIBLE WITH EXTENDED TIME OUTDOORS.

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.

&&

$$

ILZ031-037-038-052200-
/O.EXP.KILX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/
/O.CON.KILX.WC.Y.0005.140206T0300Z-140206T1800Z/
WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL
1220 PM CST WED FEB 5 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
THURSDAY. 

* SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WILL LINGER THIS
  AFTERNOON WITH A DUSTING POSSIBLE. 

* WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WILL GUST 20 TO 30 MPH AT
  TIMES THIS AFTERNOON...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
  ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO
  LESS THAN 10 MPH TONIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...BY SUNRISE THURSDAY...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
  TO BE CLOSE TO 10 BELOW ZERO...AND BARELY RISE ABOVE ZERO
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* WIND CHILLS...BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS 
  EVENING...AND ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 15 BELOW TO 25 
  BELOW ZERO RANGE AFTER MIDNIGHT...LINGERING AT DANGEROUS 
  LEVELS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED...AND THE BLOWING
  SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DEEPER SNOW DRIFTS ON
  UNTREATED ROADS. TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...FROSTBITE WILL
  BE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN ONLY AROUND 10 MINUTES...WITH
  HYPOTHERMIA POSSIBLE WITH EXTENDED TIME OUTDOORS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES...AND MINIMIZE AS MUCH EXPOSED SKIN AS POSSIBLE.

&&

$$

ILZ066>068-071>073-051930-
/O.EXP.KILX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140205T1800Z/
EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
1220 PM CST WED FEB 5 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WILL OCCUR THIS
AFTERNOON WITH JUST A DUSTING POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO
20 MPH AND GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. 

$$

07

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 3, 2:54 PM CST, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 2:54 PM CST, 39 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
254 PM CST Mon Feb 3 2014

.DISCUSSION...
ISSUED 245 PM CST Mon Feb 3 2014

SHORT TERM...Tonight through Thursday

Significant snow accumulations to affect our area starting late
tomorrow morning west and affecting the remainder of the forecast
area by mid afternoon and evening. The morning rush hour looks ok,
but the ride home from work or school looks to be slow going, with
conditions deteriorating for the evening and overnight hours. The
areas that were under the winter Storm Watch will be upgraded to a
warning with the start and ending times the same, with an advisory
along the I-70 corridor.

Storm system in question over southeast California still appears
to be digging a bit thanks to a strong speed max on the western
side of the deep trof. This upper wave will shift east tonight
and be tracking across the Southern Plains on Tuesday with surface
low pressure developing over the Panhandle region of Texas by 12z.
The low will track well south of our area but the stronger mid
level forcing and isentropic lift will track to the north and
west of the surface low tomorrow afternoon and evening. The latest
ECMWF and GFS solutions continue to suggest the closed lows at 850
mb and 700 mb will move across south central Illinois with the more
favored area of lift and heavy snow just to the north of these
tracks, which would put locations from Springfield east towards
Decatur to near Champaign in the heavier snow band of 6 to 8 inches.

The model solutions at 12z have trended a bit further south than
previous forecasts which is a concern but all continue to indicate
the deformation snows to occur through Tuesday night into Wednesday
morning, adding to the snowfall. Our far northern counties will
be borderline with respect to warning criteria based on the
southward shift in the stronger frontogenetical forcing and negative
EPV. As mentioned above, current model solutions, including sounding
data and time height cross sections suggest areas from near
Springfield to Champaign have the better chance for seeing some
mesoscale banding and thus enhanced snowfall rates tomorrow into
tomorrow evening. If the trends continue with this evening's model
runs, the northern counties may need to be downgraded to an
advisory, but for now, still too close to make any significant
changes with respect to the snowfall totals. It won't take much of
a shift back to the north to bring the threat for heavy snow north
as well. In addition, as the storm shifts off to our east tomorrow
evening, north to northwest winds will increase to between 15 and
25 mph, with some gusts to 30 mph producing areas of blowing and
drifting snow. The snow will be light and fluffy, except south of
I70 where there may be a mix of sleet, freezing rain or even rain
for a time tomorrow afternoon.

All areas should see snow tomorrow night with the deformation snows
holding on longer across the north half of our forecast area early
Wednesday morning. The snows should be mainly some scattered flurries
by afternoon as another Arctic high settles into the region for Wednesday
night into Thursday bringing bitterly cold early morning lows of 5
to 10 below zero along and north of a Jacksonville to Champaign line.

LONG TERM...Friday through Monday

Little overall change in the pattern expected this period as
Arctic high pressure settles into the region on Friday with model
differences once again creeping in for the weekend as a series of
disturbances move out of a rather active southern stream/subtropical
jet bringing a prolonged period of POPs into the weekend. The
ECMWF is less aggressive with the wave tracking well to our southeast
over the weekend, while the GFS and GEM-Global suggest our south
and east will be on the edge of some significant snows again over
the weekend. Still way too much model spread at this point so will
tend to stay with what we have been advertising the past couple of
days, periodic chances for light snow, especially Friday night
through early Sunday, accompanied by below normal temperatures.

Smith
&&

.AVIATION...
ISSUED 1152 AM CST Mon Feb 3 2014
No change in the short term. Light and variable under a high
pressure ridge. Cirrus if any clouds at all. Model time heights
bringing in a BKN mid deck in the overnight hours ahead of the
next system moving into the region from the SW as well as ENE winds.
Tomorrows snow event starting to impact SPI and DEC before the end
of the TAF forecast with initial snowfall starting potentially mid
morning. Starting the trend in both sites with a tempo for SPI
dropping to IFR vis. Timing confidence low for morning snow.

HJS
&&

.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WARNING from Noon Tuesday to Noon CST Wednesday for
ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY from Noon Tuesday to Noon CST Wednesday
FOR ILZ066>068-071>073.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 2:57 PM CST, 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
257 PM CST MON FEB 3 2014

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-041200-
CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-COLES-CUMBERLAND-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-
EDGAR-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-
MOULTRIE-PEORIA-PIATT-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-SHELBY-STARK-
TAZEWELL-VERMILION-WOODFORD-
257 PM CST MON FEB 3 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST
WEDNESDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE OHIO
RIVER VALLEY WILL BRING SNOW TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS TUESDAY INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8
INCHES WILL OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF A JACKSONVILLE...TO
DECATUR...TO DANVILLE LINE. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AS ANY
SHIFT IN THE EXPECTED TRACK OF THE STORM COULD ALTER SNOW TOTALS.

ANOTHER SYSTEM COULD BRING SNOW BACK INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY LATE
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED.

ILZ066>068-071>073-041200-
CLAY-CRAWFORD-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND-
257 PM CST MON FEB 3 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON
CST WEDNESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE OHIO
RIVER VALLEY WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...SWITCHING OVER TO SNOW IN THE EVENING. CURRENT
INDICATIONS SUGGEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO LOCALLY 6 INCHES
WILL OCCUR ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN EFFINGHAM TO ROBINSON LINE. STAY
TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AS ANY SHIFT IN THE EXPECTED TRACK OF THE
STORM COULD ALTER PRECIPITATION TYPE AND POTENTIAL SNOW TOTALS.

ANOTHER SYSTEM COULD BRING SNOW BACK INTO SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS BY LATE
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED.

CORRECTED TO ADD WARNING AND ADVISORY HEADLINES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 3, 4:14 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchILXCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland and 23 more11 hr
Feb 3, 3:33 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryILXClay, Crawford, Effingham, Jasper, Knox, Lawrence and 7 more44 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.