A winter storm brought a period of freezing rain to Schuyler county. Ice accumulations up to one quarter inch were reported and resulted in some tree branches falling down.
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A winter storm brought a period of freezing rain to Schuyler county. Ice accumulations up to one quarter inch were reported and resulted in some tree branches falling down. Other locations in central Illinois received lesser amounts of ice from this storm.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Dec 10, 11:28 PM CST, 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1128 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 845 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATING HIGH PRESSURE NOW OFF TO OUR EAST ALLOWING A LIGHT EAST FLOW INTO CNTRL IL. AS OF 02Z...THE FREEZING LINE EXTENDED ROUGHLY FROM SOUTH OF CHAMPAIGN TO JUST NORTH OF DECATUR TO LITCHFIELD. WITH WINDS NOW VEERING INTO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST...THIS SHOULD ALLOW A GRADUAL MODERATION IN TEMPS AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON. THE 00Z ILX SOUNDING SHOWING QUITE A BIT OF DRY AIR TO OVERCOME...AT LEAST INITIALLY...WITH THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PRECIP LATER TNT. RADAR MOSAICS INDICATING SOME LIGHT RETURNS OUT TO OUR WEST AND SOUTH BUT THE MAIN BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WAS ACRS SOUTH CNTRL MO EXTENDING W-NW TO NE KS. 00Z 850 MB ANALYSIS DEPICTING BEST AREA OF MOISTURE ADVECTION EXTENDING FROM CNTRL TX NWD THRU OK INTO NE KS. 40KTS ANALYZED AT OKC WHILE WIND PROFILERS SHOWING 50KTS ACRS NRN OK AT 850 MB. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS NORTHEAST INTO OUR AREA LATE TNT...PROBABLY PRECEDED BY A PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE BEFORE THE MORE PRONOUNCED LIFT PUSHES INTO THE REGION AFTR MIDNIGHT. RUC FORECAST SOUNDINGS STILL INDICATING A PAINFULLY SLOW RISE IN SURFACE TEMPS IN AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 WITH MOST AREAS AOB FREEZING BY DAWN...WHILE EAST OF I55...TEMPS WL ACTUALLY RISE ABOVE FREEZING OVER ALL LOCATIONS BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. OVERALL...THE GRIDS/ZFP ARE IN GOOD SHAPE THIS EVENING SO OTHER THAN SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE HOURLY TEMP GRIDS AND OVERNIGHT WORDING IN THE ZFP...NO MAJOR CHANGES ARE PLANNED. && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1125 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 LITTLE CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS THINKING AS A LARGE AREA OF FREEZING RAIN WITH ISOLD CONVECTION MOVES ACRS MOST OF THE TAF SITES BY 07Z. DEC AND CMI MAY MISS THE BRUNT OF THE HEAVIER RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WITH THIS FIRST WAVE...BUT ADDITIONAL PRECIP IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND THRU MOST OF TUE. LIFR CIGS WILL PREVAIL THRU THE PERIOD. WL SEE VSBYS OCCASIONALLY LOWER TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE FOR A TIME INTO TUE MRNG AS WELL AWAY FROM THE SIG RAIN AREAS. SFC WINDS WILL BE SE INTO TUE MRNG AND THEN BY 18Z SHOULD START TO BECOME NWLY AT PIA AND SPI AND AFTR 21Z AT DEC...BMI AND CMI. SMITH && .PREV DISCUSSION... ISSUED 153 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 WINTER WEATHER SITUATION IS A COMPLICATED ONE TODAY. PROBLEMS INVOLVE NEXT ROUND OF OVERRUNNING FREEZING PRECIPITATION TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...THE MAJOR SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH ON WED NIGHT...AND THEN A WEAK WAVE ON NEXT MONDAY. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT TO WEDNESDAY NIGHT THE SHORT TERM CONCERNS CENTER ON THE CONTINUING OF THE SOUTHWEST FLOW FROM THE SOUTHWEST INTO THE CENTRAL MIDWEST. UPPER JET FLOW THIS MORNING SHOWS MAJOR JET AXIS FROM THE BAJA CLOSED LOW INTO MO AND IL OF 100 KT +. THIS CONTINUING TO BRING MOISTURE NORTHWARD. MOISTURE CHANNEL IMAGERY SHOWING BEGINNINGS OF NEXT WAVE FORMING INTO TX. ISENTROPIC LIFT AHEAD OF THIS WAVE SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE FRONTAL ZONE...BRINGING SIGNIFICANT BAND OF PCPN INTO IL TONIGHT. WITH SURFACE TEMPS BELOW FREEZING IN THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF CWA...WILL CONTINUE THE WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS. PCPN SHOULD START MAYBE A LITTLE LATER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT...BUT WILL STILL DEVELOP INTO THE AREA DURING THE MID EVENING. WILL THEREFORE KEEP THE TIMING THE SAME. MODELS AREA STILL HAVING SAME APPARENT PROBLEM OF LAST FEW DAYS...OF WARMING THE BOUNDARY LAYER TO MUCH. CRITICAL TEMPERATURE OVER THE WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS WILL REMAIN A LITTLE COOLER THAN MODEL OUTPUT. WARMING WILL OCCUR THOUGH...AND SO THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BECOME ALL RAIN BY NOON. CONTINUATION OF OVERRUNNING PCPN THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE TUE NIGHT PERIOD SHOULD OCCUR WITH SERIES OF IMPULSES ALOFT IN SOUTHWEST FLOW. ON TUE NIGHT...COLD AIR REINFORCEMENT WILL COME IN FROM THE WEST WITH A SECONDARY COLD AIR HIGH CENTER APPROACHING. THIS SHOULD AGAIN TRIGGER FREEZING RAIN OVER THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF CWA...THUS THE WARNING WAS CONTINUED. DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF COLD AIR...THE WANRING MAY NEED TO BE MODIFIED OR EXTENDED ON TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE A SLIGHT BREAK IN THE PCPN. HOWEVER FOR WEDNEDAY NIGHT...THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH IN THE SOUTHWEST COMES OUT AND AGAIN TRIGGERS OVERRUNNING DEVELOPMENT OVER THE REGION. AT THIS TIME...DID NOT CHANGE THE POPS FOR PERIOD...JUST MODIFIED THE QPF GRIDS WITH THIS SYSTEM...AS FEEL MUCH OF THE HEAVIER PCPN WILL BE SOUTH OF CWA. LONG TERM...THURSDAY TO MONDAY WITH UPPER WAVE EXITING THE REGION ON THURSDAY...ADDED MINOR CHANCE OF PCPN IN EAST. THEN DRY FORECAST TIL MONDAY. EXTENDED NCEP GUIDANCE TENDED MORE TOWARD THE SLOWER EUROPEAN MODEL. MINOR WAVE MOVING THROUGH ON MONDAY...BUT CHOSE TO GO ONLY WITH SLIGHT CHC POPS AT THIS TIME. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ICE STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT FOR ILZ027>030-036-040. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY FOR ILZ031-037- 038-041-042-047>051. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 352 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ILZ027>030-036-040-111200- FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-STARK- 352 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 9 PM AND 11 PM THIS EVENING. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION BY TOMORROW MORNING WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS LATER TONIGHT...AND EVERYONE SHOULD USE A GREAT DEAL OF CAUTION IF THEY MUST TRAVEL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY TUESDAY... BRINGING ICE ACCUMULATION TOTALS UP TO A HALF INCH IN SOME LOCATIONS. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE A POSSIBILITY...ALONG WITH EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... AND ADDITIONAL WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES MAY BECOME NECESSARY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ031-037-038-041-042-047>051-111200- CASS-LOGAN-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-SANGAMON-SCOTT-TAZEWELL- WOODFORD- 352 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 9 PM AND 11 PM...WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED BY MORNING... MAINLY EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER TO SPRINGFIELD... LINCOLN...AND BLOOMINGTON. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT...AND EVERYONE SHOULD USE CAUTION IF THEY MUST TRAVEL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING...BEFORE THE TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON. FREEZING RAIN WILL LINGER THE LONGEST NEAR THE ILLINOIS RIVER. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION MAY REACH NEAR ONE QUARTER INCH JUST EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. LOWER ICE TOTALS ARE EXPECTED THE FARTHER EAST YOU GET FROM THE RIVER. ADDITIONAL WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS THE COLD AIR RETURNS BACK SOUTH AGAIN. ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS MAY BECOME NECESSARY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ043>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-111200- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DE WITT- DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MACON-MOULTRIE-PIATT- RICHLAND-SHELBY-VERMILION- 352 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT FOR AREAS FROM TAYLORVILLE TO CHAMPAIGN...BUT ICE ACCUMULATION SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. ANY ICE CAN CAUSE VERY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS...SO REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL LATER TONIGHT. SOUTHEAST OF THAT AREA...ALL RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY COLD AIR WILL FILTER SOUTH INTO EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS TUESDAY NIGHT...CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY WEATHER LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HARDIMAN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Significant icing occurred over Schuyler county, with a maximum report of a quarter inch of ice received around Rushville.
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