MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0066
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0511 AM CST MON FEB 02 2004
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
   
   CONCERNING...FREEZING RAIN 
   
   VALID 021111Z - 021515Z
   
   PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY 13-14Z AS A PERIOD OF FREEZING
   RAIN WITH RATES UP TO 0.05 TO 0.1 IN PER HOUR...AND CONTINUE THROUGH
   THE MORNING.
   
   REGIONAL RADARS SHOW A BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION RATES
   EXTENDING FROM SRN IL /20 NW SLO/ TO WRN KY /30 S OWB/...WITH THIS
   ACTIVITY MOVING NWD TOWARD ERN IL/WRN IND.  ALTHOUGH THE BOUNDARY
   LAYER OVER ERN IL/WRN IND IS INITIALLY DRY PER 00Z SOUNDINGS...
   SURFACE WET-BULB TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 20S ACROSS WRN IND
   COMBINED WITH MODERATE PRECIPITATION RATES SHOULD QUICKLY NEGATE THE
   DRY BOUNDARY LAYER.  FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH
   THE MORNING AS 30-40 KT SLY LOW-LEVEL WINDS MAINTAIN WAA ATOP
   SUB-FREEZING AIR AT THE SURFACE.
   
   ..PETERS.. 02/02/2004
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...IND...LOT...ILX...
   
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