Here’s the latest from the National Weather Service, telling us about this ridiculous weather event we’re all about to undergo here in southern Illinois:
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 316 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-172130- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-WHITE- JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN- ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC- GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE- BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON- TRIGG-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS- MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- 316 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND LOCATIONS ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE QUAD STATE REGION. PLEASE REFER TO OUR WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WIND CHILLS NEAR ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... PLEASE REPORT IN ROAD CONDITIONS AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT And from a little earlier:
ILZ075>078-080>086-088-INZ081-082-KYZ001-002-006-008-009-011>013-
016-017-020>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-107>109-162245-
/O.COR.KPAH.WW.Y.0012.141117T0000Z-141117T1200Z/
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-UNION IL-GIBSON-PIKE-FULTON-
HICKMAN-GRAVES-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-HOPKINS-
CHRISTIAN-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-
CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...
MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...
CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...JONESBORO...
FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...HICKMAN...CLINTON...MAYFIELD...
BENTON...MURRAY...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MADISONVILLE...
HOPKINSVILLE...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...
MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...
POPLAR BLUFF
1200 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WEST KENTUCKY
OUTSIDE OF THE WARNING AREA.
* TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME LIKELY BY THIS
EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. ANY RAIN AT ONSET LATE TODAY
SHOULD TRANSITION TO SLEET THEN SNOW THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS. FARTHER SOUTH INTO WEST KENTUCKY...MORE IN THE WAY OF
RAIN AND POSSIBLY SLEET IS EXPECTED TO START LATE TODAY INTO
THE EARLY EVENING...FOLLOWED BY A TRANSITION TO SLEET AND THEN
SNOW THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...INCLUDING SOME SLEET...FROM 1
TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED. FROM THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES AREA
EAST INTO THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY...AMOUNTS MAY BE
A BIT LOWER. THERE MAY ALSO BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN
IN THIS AREA.
* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE THE MAIN IMPACT
SUNDAY NIGHT...POSSIBLY LASTING INTO THE MORNING COMMUTE HOURS
MONDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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