HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1130 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2001

PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS
CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME
OF THE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING
ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 4 AND 10 PM ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-72. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL MIDNIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 1 TO
2 INCHES. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...WITH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 45 MPH...WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS
THROUGH 4 PM SUNDAY.

AN INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS WILL RAPIDLY DEEPEN
NORTHEAST INTO IOWA THIS EVENING...AND INTO UPPER MICHIGAN BY NOON
SUNDAY. STRONG SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO
BRING VERY MOIST GULF AIR INTO ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS
WILL ALLOW FOR PERIODIC SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
MIDNIGHT. A COLD WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE WEST LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE ALONG
THIS COLD FRONT. THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER AS THE STORMS
MOVE RAPIDLY EAST THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS.

HUETTL