URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
335 AM CST MON JAN 26 2009
...WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST INTO THE
TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY ON TUESDAY...SPREADING SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. BASED ON THE EXPECTED TRACK OF
THIS SYSTEM...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF I-70...WHERE 4
TO 6 INCH AMOUNTS WILL BE COMMON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL STEADILY
DECREASE FURTHER NORTH...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED AS FAR NORTH
AS THE I-72 CORRIDOR.
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PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-
MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE
335 AM CST MON JAN 26 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...THEN CONTINUE
THROUGH TUESDAY. BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF AND COMES TO AN
END TUESDAY EVENING...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES.
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.