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Winter Storm Warning for WTAX Listening Area.



...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM CDT
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 1
AM CDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND JACKSONVILLE AND
  SPRINGFIELD LATE THIS EVENING...AND OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF
  CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THROUGH SUNRISE. THIS SNOW IS
  EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... ALTHOUGH
  THERE MAY BE A SHORT BREAK SUNDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVIER
  SNOW ARE EXPECTED BEFORE SUNRISE...AND AGAIN LATE SUNDAY MORNING
  THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES OVER MUCH OF
  CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

* WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL GUST OCCASIONALLY
  AS HIGH AS 30 MPH...BECOMING MORE OF A NORTH TO NORTHWEST
  DIRECTION SUNDAY NIGHT. DUE TO THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE
  SNOW...THERE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE ANY BLOWING SNOW DURING THE
  DAY...BUT SOME MAY OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND
  THE SNOW BECOMES DRIER.

* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS ROADWAYS WILL BE THE
  PRIMARY IMPACTS. ROADS MAY BE SLUSHY AT TIMES ON SUNDAY AS
  TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. HOWEVER...AS
  TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 20S SUNDAY EVENING...THE SLUSH WILL
  FREEZE AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL ICY CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. 


 

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