Issued:
January 12, 2013 at 2:37 pm CDT
Expires:
January 12, 2013 at 10:00 pm CDT
Event:
Winter Weather Advisory
Alert:
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL TEXAS WILL EJECT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD RAIN QUICKLY NORTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS EARLY THIS EVENING. COLDER AIR USHERING INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL CHANGE THE RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET DURING TONIGHT FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST...WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION LIKELY OVERNIGHT. THE MIX PRECIPITATION SHOULD DIMINISH SUNDAY MORNING WITH LIGHT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING WEST OF I-57. THE MIX PRECIPITATION SHOULD DIMINISH DURING SUNDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH INCH IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS NORTHWEST OF I-70. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS...PARKING LOTS...AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME VERY SLIPPERY.
Instruction:
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS...SUCH AS SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. IT ONLY TAKES A SMALL AMOUNT OF MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO MAKE ROADS...BRIDGES...SIDEWALKS...AND PARKING LOTS ICY AND DANGEROUS. IT IS OFTEN DIFFICULT TO TELL WHEN ICE BEGINS TO FORM...SO DO NOT BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD.
Target Area:
Champaign; Coles; Douglas; Moultrie; Piatt; Shelby; Vermilion