Full Notification

...WINTRY WEATHER TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS WEEKEND... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIER TOTALS IN A CORRIDOR FROM NEAR JACKSONVILLE EAST THROUGH DECATUR TO NEAR DANVILLE AND PARIS. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. FURTHER NORTH...AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AROUND BLOOMINGTON...PEORIA...AND HAVANA.

* WIND...SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGH THE PERIOD...THUS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE A PROBLEM.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE IN THE HEAVIER SNOW TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CASS ... CHAMPAIGN ... CHRISTIAN ... CLARK ... COLES ... CUMBERLAND ... DE WITT ... DOUGLAS ... EDGAR ... FULTON ... LOGAN ... MACON ... MASON ... MCLEAN ... MENARD ... MORGAN ... MOULTRIE ... PEORIA ... PIATT ... SANGAMON ... SCHUYLER ... SCOTT ... SHELBY ... 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.