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...SEVERAL ROUNDS OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD BY NOON TODAY, WITH PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN COULD MIX WITH RAIN THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S. ANOTHER ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN COULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.

* MAIN IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES... OVERPASSES...AND UNTREATED ROADS. SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY.

* OTHER IMPACTS...TREES AND POWER LINES WILL GET COATED WITH ICE...WITH SOME DAMAGE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD DAMAGE IS NOT EXPECTED DUE TO WIND SPEEDS NOT BECOMING STRONG.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CLARK ... CLAY ... CRAWFORD ... CUMBERLAND ... EFFINGHAM ... JASPER ... LAWRENCE ... RICHLAND ... SHELBY

Instructions:

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