Issued by NWS Central Illinois
000 FLUS43 KILX 061948 HWOILX HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 248 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 ILZ038-042>044-048-051>053-071200- CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-LOGAN-MACON-MCLEAN-MENARD-PIATT-SANGAMON- 248 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL BE EACH AFTERNOON AND THEN OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. $$ ILZ045-046-054>057-061-062-066-067-071200- CHAMPAIGN-COLES-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER- MOULTRIE-SHELBY-VERMILION- 248 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS ILLINOIS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL BE EACH AFTERNOON AND THEN OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS THURSDAY NIGHT MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. $$ ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047-049-050-071200- CASS-FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-MASON-MORGAN-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-SCOTT- STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 248 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE ILLINOIS RIVER REMAINS IN FLOOD FROM HENRY DOWNSTREAM. A SLOW FALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM GALESBURG NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL BE EACH AFTERNOON AND THEN OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM GALESBURG NORTHWEST. $$ ILZ063-068-071>073-071200- CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 248 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE LITTLE WABASH...EMBARRAS...AND WABASH RIVERS ARE IN FLOOD. AT THIS TIME THE EMBARRAS RIVER AT LAWRENCEVILLE IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE LITTLE WABASH RIVER AT CLAY CITY IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE ON THURSDAY...WHILE THE WABASH RIVER FROM HUTSONVILLE TO VINCENNES IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN FLOOD INTO THE WEEKEND. SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS ILLINOIS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL BE EACH AFTERNOON AND THEN OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. $$ HUETTL