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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1042 AM CST SUN MAR 24 2002

...WINTRY WEATHER TO SPREAD OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING...
.A FRONTAL BOUNDARY...LOCATED NEAR THE I-70 CORRIDOR LATE THIS 
MORNING...WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS BEFORE STALLING THIS 
EVENING. LOW PRESSURE WILL THEN RIDE NORTHEAST ALONG THE 
BOUNDARY...INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. 

RAIN WILL DEVELOP AGAIN OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATER THIS 
AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING. AS THE EVENING 
PROGRESSES...THIS RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW...IN AREAS ALONG AND 
NORTH OF A RUSHVILLE TO BLOOMINGTON LINE. THE SNOW WILL LINGER INTO 
MONDAY MORNING...AND AS NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASE IN 
INTENSITY...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR. THE 
WIND AND SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ON MONDAY...ALLOWING CONDITIONS TO 
IMPROVE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING
RAIN AND EXTREME WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE
SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
NOT ANTICIPATED...WITH MAINLY AN INCONVENIENCE TO TRAVEL RESULTING.


ILZ027>031-036>038-040-041-242231-
FULTON IL-KNOX IL-MARSHALL IL-MASON IL-MCLEAN IL-PEORIA IL-
SCHUYLER IL-STARK IL-TAZEWELL IL-WOODFORD IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...CANTON...EUREKA...
GALESBURG...HAVANA...LACON...LEWISTOWN...MASON CITY...PEKIN...
PEORIA AND RUSHVILLE
1042 AM CST SUN MAR 24 2002

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT AND MONDAY...

EXPECT RAIN TO DEVELOP AGAIN OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS 
AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING. BY MID EVENING...THE RAIN 
WILL SWITCH OVER TO SNOW...AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. UP TO 2 
INCHES OF SNOW MAY OCCUR BY SUNRISE...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 
SNOW MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...NORTHEAST WINDS 
WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT...CREATING CONSIDERABLE 
BLOWING AND DRIFTING. THE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO THE 
AFTERNOON HOURS ON MONDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING.

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GEELHART