[LeArc] WeatherIL - McDonough County

[Tony]

>
> MAJOR ICE STORM STILL ON TARGET TO IMPACT THE AREA.
>
> A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE & SOME
> SNOW WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH TUES EVENING. ICE
> ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM JUST OVER ONE TENTH INCH
> TO NEARLY 1 INCH. SIGNIFICANT TREE & POWER LINE DAMAGE IS
> EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG WITH SEVERE TRAVEL PROBLEMS.
>
HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-> INCLUDING THE CITIES > 
OQUAWKA.MONMOUTH.CARTHAGE.MACOMB.MEMPHIS.KAHOKA
> 1059 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007
>
> ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
> MIDNIGHT CST TUES NIGHT.
>
> AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
> MIDNIGHT CST TUES NIGHT.
>
> A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH
> TUESDAY EVENING. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS ICE STORM SHOULD BE
> COMPLETED BY THIS EVENING. THE PROBABILITY IS HIGH THAT POWER
> INTERRUPTIONS.POSSIBLY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.WILL
> OCCUR DURING THIS STORM.
>
> FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP THIS EVENING & BECOME
> WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT.& CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE ICE
> ACCUMULATION THAT OCCURS WILL BE ON TOP OF THE LIGHT ICE
> ACCUMULATION ALREADY ON TREES & POWER LINES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
> OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
> ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUES MORNING IN MOST OF THE
> WARNING AREA.WITH BEST CHANCES MAINLY SO. OF AN OTTUMWA IA
> TO PRINCETON IL LINE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR MORE
> ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DO OCCUR.
>
> AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-
> QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE
> TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.SO ONLY TRAVEL IN
> AN EMERGENCY & TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
> AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES.SNAPPED
> POWER LINES & LOSS OF POWER.
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