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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW WEST OF I-55 BETWEEN NOON AND MID AFTERNOON...AND ALONG THE I-57 CORRIDOR TOWARD 6 PM. THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL SEE THE CHANGE TO SNOW OCCUR BY MID EVENING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER WEST OF I-55 TOWARD MIDNIGHT AND NEAR THE INDIANA BORDER TOWARD SUNRISE.

* AMOUNTS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS CENTERED JUST EAST OF THE I-55 CORRIDOR.

* MAIN IMPACT...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY DETERIORATE AS THE SNOW INCREASES IN INTENSITY. AS TEMPERATURES QUICKLY FALL BELOW FREEZING EARLY THIS EVENING...SLUSH ON THE ROADS WILL FREEZE AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL ICY CONDITIONS.

* OTHER IMPACTS...NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT WILL GUST FROM 30 TO 35 MPH. WHILE THE SNOW WILL BE RATHER WET AND SHOULD CRUST OVER ONCE THE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING...SOME PATCHES OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CASS ... CHAMPAIGN ... CHRISTIAN ... COLES ... DE WITT ... DOUGLAS ... LOGAN ... MACON ... MASON ... MCLEAN ... MENARD ... MORGAN ... MOULTRIE ... PIATT ... SANGAMON ... 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.