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...LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED THURSDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ENTER THE FORECAST
MAINLY FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH TONIGHT.
LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ACCOMPANY A THUNDERSTORM...BUT
NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. TOTAL AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS
SHOULD RANGE FROM ABOUT A HALF INCH ACROSS NORTHERN REACHES OF
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...TO JUST OVER AN INCH IN THE PENNYRILE REGION
OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. MOST OF THE OVERALL QUAD STATE REGION SHOULD
SEE AVERAGE AMOUNTS IN THE THREE QUARTERS TO ONE INCH RANGE.
LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES EASTWARD
THROUGH THE AREA. LITTLE SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. BLUSTERY
CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL READINGS TO BE IN THE 20S THURSDAY
AND IN THE TEENS THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.




A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL SWING QUICKLY THROUGH THE
REGION THURSDAY. ARCTIC AIR WILL SURGE EASTWARD AHEAD OF THE STORM
SYSTEM...PAVING THE WAY FOR A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW OVER THE ENTIRE
AREA DURING THE DAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ACCUMULATIONS UP TO
AN INCH IN AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MT VERNON ILLINOIS
TO FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY. FARTHER WEST...UNDER A HALF INCH IS
EXPECTED. SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY LEAD TO SOME TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES...WITH BRIDGES AND LESSER TRAVELLED AND UNTREATED ROADS
BEING THE MOST CHALLENGING.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY WEST NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO
FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE DAY. MOST AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE
HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE...BUT
TEMPERATURES WILL END UP IN THE 20S THROUGHOUT THE AREA BY THE END
OF THE DAY. FACTOR IN THE WINDS AND IT WILL FEEL LIKE IT IS IN THE
TEENS.