521 FLUS43 KILX 252118 HWOILX HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 318 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>044-047>053-261200- CASS-CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL-MASON- MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-PIATT-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK- TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 318 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...AS A WINTER STORM MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY MOVE INTO AREAS EAST OF I-55...BUT ANY ACCUMULATION WOULD BE MINOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH...AS THE WINTER STORM PUSHES FURTHER NORTHEAST. MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE EAST OF I-55 AS THE STORM MOVES BY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS EAST OF DECATUR. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY BRING LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. $$ ILZ045-046-054-055-061-261200- CHAMPAIGN-DOUGLAS-MOULTRIE-SHELBY-VERMILION- 318 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...AS A WINTER STORM MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD NORTHWARD AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOST ACCUMULATION BEFORE SUNRISE WILL BE MINOR...BUT AN INCH OR TWO MAY OCCUR AROUND SHELBYVILLE. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION LIKELY BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST TOTALS WILL FALL CLOSE TO THE I-70 CORRIDOR. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY BRING LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...REPORTS OF SNOW AMOUNTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. $$ ILZ056-057-062-063-066>068-071>073-261200- CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER- LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 318 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A WINTER STORM MOVING INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TONIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO START AROUND MIDNIGHT SOUTH OF I-70...AND SPREAD NORTHWARD TO MATTOON AND PARIS BY 3 AM. OVERNIGHT ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH 3 TO 5 INCHES IN AREAS SOUTH OF I-70...AND 1 TO 3 INCHES NORTH. WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 30 TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLOWING SNOW...WHICH WILL CAUSE POOR VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY. TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY SOUTH OF I-70...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES NORTH OF I-70. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING...AS WINDS GUST TO 35 TO 40 MPH. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY BRING LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...REPORTS OF SNOW AMOUNTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. $$ GEELHART