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Shelby County Emergency Management Agency
Monday March 2nd, 2015 :: 03:09 p.m. CST

Advisory

Winter Weather Advisory in effect from midnight tonight to 10 AM CST Tuesday

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND LIGHT ICING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST TUESDAY.

* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SLEET FOR A FEW HOURS AT THE ONSET. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY MID TO LATE MORNING TUESDAY AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE ANTICIPATED. LITTLE OR NO SLEET ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...THE GLAZE CAUSED BY THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE VERY SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDTIONS ON UNTREATED SURFACES INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE ICE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO IMPACT TREES OR POWER LINES.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CASS ... CHAMPAIGN ... CHRISTIAN ... CLARK ... CLAY ... COLES ... CRAWFORD ... CUMBERLAND ... DE WITT ... DOUGLAS ... EDGAR ... EFFINGHAM ... FULTON ... JASPER ... KNOX ... LAWRENCE ... LOGAN ... MACON ... MARSHALL ... MASON ... MCLEAN ... MENARD ... MORGAN ... MOULTRIE ... PEORIA ... PIATT ... RICHLAND ... SANGAMON ... SCHUYLER ... SCOTT ... SHELBY ... STARK ... TAZEWELL ... VERMILION ... WOODFORD

Instructions:

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

Address/Location
Shelby County Emergency Management Agency
315 East Main Street
Shelbyville, IL 62565

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 217-774-1499

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Alert Details

Severity:
Minor - Minimal to no known threat to life or property
Urgency:
Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
Certainty:
Likely (p > ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Winter Weather Advisory

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