Here's an update for the more northerly part of our coverage area as it pertains to a hazardous weather outlook over the next couple of days:
CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR- EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MOULTRIE-PIATT-RICHLAND-SHELBY- VERMILION 1104 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOPING DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...A FEW OF THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL SOUTH OF I-72. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. A WARM FRONT WILL BE PUSHING ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND COMBINED WITH A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING FROM DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL WITH AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRESENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST THE PRIMARY TIME FRAME FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON SUNDAY WOULD BE FROM 2 TO 10 PM. ON MONDAY...AS THE STORM SYSTEM SHIFTS WELL TO OUR NORTHWEST...A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA BRINGING THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE PRIMARY THREATS ON MONDAY WOULD BE FROM DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.