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SNOWMAGEDON! Coming Soon…

by on Jan.31, 2011, under Storms

A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING SNOW TO THE
AREA…FROM TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO
EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS WIND GUSTS UP TO
40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 INCHES OR MORE ARE
POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. MONITOR
FORECASTS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

* TIMING…SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS TUESDAY

MORNING AND THEN BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY

NIGHT…THEN DIMINISH WEDNESDAY. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND

SLEET WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST

ILLINOIS TUESDAY MAINLY FROM I-72 SOUTH…CHANGING TO ALL SNOW

BY OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR

TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS…ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF

INCH ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF I-72 TUESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF

12 TO 20 INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE NORTH OF I-72 TUESDAY AND

TUESDAY NIGHT.
* WINDS…NORTHEAST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR

TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
* IMPACTS…EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED

ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TUESDAY THROUGH

WEDNESDAY…OR LONGER. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND GUSTY

WINDS COULD LEAD TO WIDE SPREAD POWER OUTAGES.


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