...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

.SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
FROM LATE MORNING AND INTO MID AFTERNOON, AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO
A MIXTURE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET DURING LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO MID EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN
CHANGE OVER TO RAIN DURING MID TO LATE EVENING AS WARMER AIR MOVES
INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH, WITH AREAS NORTH OF I-74 BEING LAST
TO CHANGE TO RAIN TOWARD MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS
CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES, WHILE 2 TO 3
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A RUSHVILLE TO
BLOOMINGTON LINE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL IL WILL AVERAGE
AROUND A TENTH INCH, WHILE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL
OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHEAST IL SOUTHEAST OF I-70.

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
6 AM CST SATURDAY...

* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
2 TO 3 INCHES, SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH AND ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. WINDS GUSTING FROM 30
TO 35 MPH TONIGHT.

* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

* WHEN...FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE EVENING COMMUTE.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...AS THE TEMPERATURE RISES DURING THIS
EVENING, THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO RAIN ACROSS THE
AREA BY AROUND MIDNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS FOR ILLINOIS CAN BE OBTAINED ON THE INTERNET AT
WWW.GETTINGAROUNDILLINOIS.COM.

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