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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1042 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN INTENSIFYING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE TO WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AROUND THE NOON HOUR TODAY. AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA
PUSHES FURTHER INTO ILLINOIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...TO THE EAST
AND SOUTHEAST OF THE TRACK OF THE LOW...THERE WILL BE AN
INCREASING THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL RANGE FROM 50 TO 60
MPH AND BE QUITE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING TORNADOES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
THE PRIMARY MODE OF STORMS TRANSLATING INTO A SEVERE SQUALL LINE
WITH WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. AS IT APPEARS NOW...THE HIGHEST RISK
FOR TORNADOES WILL OCCUR ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BLOOMINGTON TO
JACKSONVILLE LINE THIS AFTERNOON.

REPEATING...FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES... WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE
BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER
OUTBREAK. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER
THIS AFTERNOON...AND TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER INFORMATION
FOR THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

ONCE THE STORM SYSTEM SHIFTS TO OUR NORTH THIS EVENING...STRONG
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS...GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH AT TIMES...WILL
USHER IN THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON SO FAR THIS FALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE COLDEST AIR OF THE FALL SEASON WILL SETTLE INTO THE MIDWEST
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY TODAY...PRIMARILY FROM THE
HOURS OF NOON TO 600 PM.

 

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