Full Notification

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT AND HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THIS WARNING.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND
GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND NOON ON SUNDAY...LINGERING A BIT LONGER SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70.

* ACCUMULATIONS...CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST 5 TO 8 INCHES OF
SNOW ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY AND
INTERSTATE 72. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PANA TO DANVILLE
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS LIKELY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70.

* WIND...WINDS WILL SWING AROUND TO THE NORTH BY LATE TONIGHT
BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. SHORTLY AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE...THE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 30 MPH. STRONG WINDS AND FRESH SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN
BLOWING SNOW...PARTICULARLY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

* IMPACTS...THE POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THE GUSTY
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH RAPID
CHANGES IN VISIBILITY. THE WINDS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO
BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH
WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY
MORNING.


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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.