[spotters-illianaskywarn] Fwd: Winter Storm Watch
- From: Keith Reedy <wa9dro@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: spotters-illianaskywarn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:56:42 -0500
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From: interwarn@xxxxxxxx
Date: January 26, 2009 4:37:02 AM GMT-05:00
To: interwarn@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Winter Storm Watch
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WWUS43 KILX 260935
WSWILX
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
335 AM CST MON JAN 26 2009
..WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...
LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST INTO THE
TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY ON TUESDAY...SPREADING SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. BASED ON THE EXPECTED TRACK OF
THIS SYSTEM...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF I-70...WHERE 4
TO 6 INCH AMOUNTS WILL BE COMMON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL STEADILY
DECREASE FURTHER NORTH...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED AS FAR NORTH
AS THE I-72 CORRIDOR.
ILZ066>068-071>073-261700-
/O.UPG.KILX.WS.A.0001.090127T0000Z-090128T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KILX.WS.W.0001.090127T0000Z-090128T0600Z/
EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
335 AM CST MON JAN 26 2009
..WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS EVENING...THEN
CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND
MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AS WELL. BY THE TIME THE SNOW COMES TO AN
END TUESDAY EVENING...WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
FLORA TO LAWRENCEVILLE LINE COULD POTENTIALLY PICK UP BETWEEN 6
AND 8 INCHES.
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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$
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