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From: interwarn@xxxxxxxx Date: February 11, 2009 7:03:28 AM GMT-05:00 To: interwarn@xxxxxxxx Subject: Hazardous Weather Outlook Reply-To: interwarn@xxxxxxxx FLUS43 KILX 111200 HWOILX HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 600 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009 ILZ038-042>046-051>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-121200- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DE WITT- DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-LOGAN-MACON-MCLEAN- MOULTRIE-PIATT-RICHLAND-SANGAMON-SHELBY-VERMILION- 600 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009 ..WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS TODAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 INTO THE VERY EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE WIND DAMAGE AND ISOLATED TORNADOES AS THE STORMS MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST. LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WHICH WILL PRODUCE RISES ON AREA RIVERS...STREAMS...AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM MOVES NORTHEASTWARD JUST EAST OF INTERSTATE 55...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWESTERLY AND INCREASE. EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH. THIS WILL POSE A DANGER TO HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH/SOUTH ROADS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO EASE OFF BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS MORNING. $$
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