Full Notification

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 AM AND 5 PM ON MONDAY.

* WINDS...WIND GUSTS OVERNIGHT WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 MPH. DURING THE DAY MONDAY...EXPECT GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON FROM SOUTH TO NORTH.

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY THOSE ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS...WILL HAVE DIFFICULT TRAVEL. TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES MAY BE KNOCKED DOWN. LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS WILL BE TOSSED ABOUT.

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

Instructions:

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.