336 WWUS83 KILX 201447 SPSILX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 847 AM CST THU NOV 20 2014 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-210300- KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 847 AM CST THU NOV 20 2014 ...A CHANCE OF SLIPPERY CONDITIONS SETTING UP FOR FRIDAY EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS... AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE CHANCES OF FREEZING RAIN WILL LINGER FROM I-74 NORTHWARD INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ANY ICE AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT BUT IT ONLY TAKES A VERY SMALL ACCUMULATION TO PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. AN AREA OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION FRIDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECASTED TO BE AROUND OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING FROM INTERSTATE 70 NORTHWARD AS THE PATCHY RAIN BEGINS...LEADING TO AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN. THE TEMPERATURE SHOULD CLIMB THROUGH THE NIGHT CHANGING ANY FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN SOUTH OF I-74 DURING THE LATE EVENING AND IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS FURTHER NORTH. IF YOU WILL OUT DRIVING OR WALKING FRIDAY EVENING BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SLICK SPOTS. $$ BARKER