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Shelby County Emergency Management Agency
Saturday February 13th, 2016 :: 03:33 a.m. CST

Advisory

Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 3 AM Sunday morning to 6 PM CST Sunday evening

...ACCUMULATING SNOW LIKELY ON SUNDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK INTO THE MIDWEST LATE TONIGHT SPREADING SNOW INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH THE SNOW PUSHING INTO EXTREME EAST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS BY DAWN SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM SHIFTS ACROSS THE REGION WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 3 INCHES OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH TOTALS NEAR 4 INCHES ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY MORNING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY MORNING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING.

* TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING ACROSS EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND BY DAWN SUNDAY OVER EAST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 3 INCHES OVER MOST OF THE AREA WITH TOTALS AROUND 4 INCHES ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* WIND...SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 25 MPH AT TIMES.

* MAIN IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITIES...AS WELL AS BLOWING SNOW.

* 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 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.

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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