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

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

* TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS SATURDAY EVENING AND THEN SPREAD SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE
REST OF THE AREA DURING THE NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY AND THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS...A BAND OF 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW WILL EXTEND
SOUTHEAST OF A BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL TO RUSHVILLE LINE AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 70. LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM I-70
SOUTHWARD...HOWEVER THOSE AREAS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE OCCASIONAL
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIXING WITH THE SNOW. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* WIND...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE OUT OF THE NORTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AT TIMES

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL
RATES EXPECTED DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
WILL MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES OVER SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ADDING
TO THE TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
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