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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON CST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND LIGHT ICING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM TO NOON CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD
INTO AREAS WEST OF SPRINGFIELD BY SUNRISE...AND SPREAD EASTWARD
TOWARD THE INDIANA BORDER THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. BY
MIDDAY...TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE WARM ENOUGH FOR RAIN IN MOST
AREAS SOUTH OF I-72...ALTHOUGH SOME SLEET MAY STILL BE MIXED IN
AT TIMES.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM 0.10 TO 0.15 INCHES ARE
LIKELY FROM RUSHVILLE TO SPRINGFIELD TO MATTOON...SOUTHWARD. IN
FAR SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AROUND LAWRENCEVILLE...ACCUMULATIONS WILL
BE LESS THAN A TENTH INCH.

* WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL GUST TO AROUND 25
MPH DURING THE MORNING.

* IMPACTS...VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAVEL WILL QUICKLY BECOME VERY
HAZARDOUS MONDAY MORNING...AS A GLAZE FORMS ON AREA ROADS AND
SIDEWALKS. THE ACCUMULATION OF ICE MAY CAUSE SOME SMALLER TREE
BRANCHES TO BREAK FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.