I know that some of you drive hours to Bradley home games and probably more for Tuesday nights game but there is a storm on the way. While it's still 2 days out but here's the watch that was just issued a couple hours ago, could get pretty nasty for those that have to drive and can't stay overnight....
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
318 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008
...WINTER STORM POTENTIAL INCREASING OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS
LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN AS IT TRACKS EAST ACRS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
LATE MONDAY NIGHT BRINGING THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO
AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LEXINGTON TO AVON LINE. IN
ADDITION TO THE SNOW THREAT LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW
DURING THE DAY TUESDAY AS THE STORM MOVES OFF TO OUR EAST.
ILZ027>031-250400-
/O.NEW.KILX.WS.A.0005.080226T0600Z-080227T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA
318 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATER ON MONDAY BRINGING
WARMER AIR NORTHWARD AND INCREASING THE CHANCES FOR RAIN. THE RAIN
WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...HOWEVER...AS WINDS BECOME
NORTHEAST...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY WET SNOW IN THE
WATCH AREA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS OF TUESDAY ACCOMPANIED BY INCREASING NORTH
WINDS WHICH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AS ANY SHIFT IN THE STORM
TRACK WILL AFFECT WHERE THE HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE MONDAY
NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
$$
SMITH
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
318 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008
...WINTER STORM POTENTIAL INCREASING OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS
LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN AS IT TRACKS EAST ACRS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
LATE MONDAY NIGHT BRINGING THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO
AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LEXINGTON TO AVON LINE. IN
ADDITION TO THE SNOW THREAT LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW
DURING THE DAY TUESDAY AS THE STORM MOVES OFF TO OUR EAST.
ILZ027>031-250400-
/O.NEW.KILX.WS.A.0005.080226T0600Z-080227T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA
318 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATER ON MONDAY BRINGING
WARMER AIR NORTHWARD AND INCREASING THE CHANCES FOR RAIN. THE RAIN
WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...HOWEVER...AS WINDS BECOME
NORTHEAST...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY WET SNOW IN THE
WATCH AREA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS OF TUESDAY ACCOMPANIED BY INCREASING NORTH
WINDS WHICH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AS ANY SHIFT IN THE STORM
TRACK WILL AFFECT WHERE THE HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE MONDAY
NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
$$
SMITH
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