...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 THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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.










