Issued:
January 13, 2013 at 4:21 am CDT
Expires:
January 13, 2013 at 12:00 pm CDT
Event:
Special Weather Statement
Alert:
...LIGHT ICING POSSIBLE LATER TODAY... LINGERING RAIN WILL MOVE OUT OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS BEFORE SUNRISE. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS. THIS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS LATER THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN STEADY OR SLOWLY FALL THIS MORNING... AND WILL BE NEAR FREEZING AT TIMES. HOWEVER...WARMER AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ALOFT...AND THIS COMBINATION WILL RESULT IN SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AT TIMES TODAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TOWARD SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON...AS COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO SPREAD IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. SOME LIGHT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE ON ELEVATED SURFACES...AS WELL AS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE RECENT WARM WEATHER...MOST ROADWAYS WILL BE WET MUCH OF THE DAY...BUT SOME ICING MAY DEVELOP ON UNTREATED ROADS THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE TRAVELING ACROSS THE AREA TODAY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN.
Instruction:
Target Area:
Clark; Clay; Crawford; Cumberland; Edgar; Effingham; Jasper; Lawrence; Richland