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...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT...AND
GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN
MIDNIGHT AND NOON ON SUNDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST 6 TO 8 INCHES OF
SNOW ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN A BEARDSTOWN TO BLOOMINGTON LINE AND
INTERSTATE 72. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF A SPRINGFIELD TO DECATUR TO
DANVILLE LINE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE 7 TO 10 INCHES OF
SNOW...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS LIKELY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70.

* WIND...WINDS WILL SWING AROUND TO THE NORTH BY LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. SHORTLY AFTER FRONTAL
PASSAGE...THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.

* IMPACTS...THE POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL COULD MAKE FOR
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.
THE GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW...PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE
WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE CONTRIBUTE TO BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL
VALUES BY LATER SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15
BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.