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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
905 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013

...WINTER STORM TO PRODUCE MIXED PRECIPITATION IN CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...

.AN APPROACHING WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION IN MUCH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS SATURDAY. SIGNIFICANT
ICING AND SLEET WILL THE MAIN THREATS...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND
WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. LESSER AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE
EXPECTED BETWEEN THE ILLINOIS RIVER AND I-55.

ILZ027>030-036-040-211000-
/O.CON.KILX.WS.W.0005.131221T1200Z-131222T1200Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-FULTON-SCHUYLER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA
905 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO
6 AM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO
6 AM CST SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEST OF THE 
  ILLINOIS RIVER SATURDAY MORNING... AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE 
  DAY. THERE MAY BE BRIEF PERIODS SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHERE 
  TEMPERATURES WARM UP ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE FREEZING RAIN TO ALL 
  RAIN... BUT THEN COLDER AIR WILL CHANGE IT BACK TO ALL 
  FREEZING RAIN EARLY SATURDAY NIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX 
  WITH SLEET SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW EARLY 
  SUNDAY MORNING. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 0.25 TO 0.30 INCH 
  WILL BE COMMON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SLEET AND 
  SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES 
  ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WITH UP TO 3 INCHES AROUND 
  GALESBURG. 

* WIND...AN INCREASING NORTHEAST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH FROM 
  SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO ICE 
  COATED TREE BRANCHES. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS WEST OF 
  THE ILLINOIS RIVER SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AS 
  ROADWAYS BECOME ICY. UNTREATED SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS WILL 
  ALSO BECOME ICY...CREATING A HAZARD FOR PEDESTRIANS. SMALLER 
  TREE BRANCHES ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO BE DAMAGED BY THE ICE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND SLEET
ARE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.

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ILZ031-037-038-041>043-047>051-211000-
/O.CON.KILX.ZR.Y.0004.131221T1200Z-131222T0000Z/
WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-
MORGAN-SANGAMON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA...
LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD
905 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL 
  ILLINOIS TOWARD EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH 
  THE MORNING. TEMPERATURES MAY WARM UP ENOUGH TO END THE ICING 
  THREAT DURING THE AFTERNOON IN A FEW SPOTS...PARTICULARLY 
  ALONG AND EAST OF I-55. 

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICING WILL RANGE FROM 0.20 INCH JUST EAST 
  OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER TO JUST UNDER 0.10 INCH ALONG THE I-55 
  CORRIDOR. 

* IMPACTS...THE ICING WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS 
  IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. UNTREATED 
  SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS WILL ALSO BE QUITE SLIPPERY FOR 
  PEDESTRIANS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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