Winter Weather Advisory for Sangamon County, Illinois ILZ027>031-036>038-040>051-053-111700- /O.NEW.KILX.WW.Y.0010.140312T0300Z-140312T1800Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...DECATUR 317 AM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE TO SNOW LATE EVENING FROM RUSHVILLE TO BLOOMINGTON NORTHWARD. THE CHANGE TO SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AROUND SPRINGFIELD AND JACKSONVILLE... THEN BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM FOR AREAS FROM DECATUR EAST TO DANVILLE. THE SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM RUSHVILLE TO DANVILLE NORTHWARD. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM BLOOMINGTON NORTH AND EAST. CLOSER TO THE I-72 CORRIDOR...SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS MOST LIKELY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND SUNRISE. * WIND...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 MPH. SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE I-57 CORRIDOR. THE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLUSHY AS THE SNOW ACCUMULATES. AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 20S OVERNIGHT...THE SLUSH WILL BEGIN TO FREEZE AS WELL...CAUSING ICY TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. THE WET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING TO A RELATIVE MINIMUM...ALTHOUGH AREAS NEAR CHAMPAIGN AND DANVILLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO SEE SOME BLOWING SNOW DUE TO THE HIGHER WIND SPEEDS IN THAT AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 13:13:34 +0000
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