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Displaying AFOS PIL: SPSILX
Product Timestamp: 2011-01-29 21:01 UTC
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293 WWUS83 KILX 292101 SPSILX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 301 PM CST SAT JAN 29 2011 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-300930- 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 301 PM CST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK... AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...FROM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE FIRST BATCH OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON MONDAY... AS THE STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL LEAD TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BY AFTERNOON...WITH PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE NIGHT. LOCATIONS FURTHER NORTH...TOWARD GALESBURG AND PEORIA...WILL PRIMARILY RECEIVE SNOW. ON TUESDAY...AS THE STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO LIFT NORTHEAST TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY...THE SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS WILL SEE THE MIXTURE CONTINUE UNTIL LATE EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-72 CORRIDOR. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE IS INITIALLY LIKELY TO THE SOUTH...FOLLOWED BY A FEW INCHES OF SNOW. THE EXACT LOCATIONS ARE UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...AS SMALL CHANGES IN THE STORM TRACK CAN RESULT IN MAJOR CHANGES IN THE EXPECTED PRECIPITATION TYPES. A LARGE PART OF THE MIDWEST IS EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL OVER THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK...YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND CONSIDER ALTERING YOUR PLANS IF POSSIBLE. $$ GEELHART
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