SO. ILLINOIS—In keeping with the bizarre weather trends we’ve been seeing since last Fall, the National Weather Service has announced the following:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 427 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...MORE WINTER WEATHER TO AFFECT THE REGION TODAY... .A STORM SYSTEM EXPECTED TO TRACK TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA TODAY WILL BRING FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SOME LIGHT SNOW TO THE REGION. ILZ075>078-080>088-INZ081-082-085>088-MOZ076-086-087-100-107- 162100- /O.EXT.KPAH.WW.Y.0011.140316T1500Z-140317T0600Z/ JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-GIBSON-PIKE- POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER- CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN... JONESBORO...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE... BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN 427 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY...FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM VAN BUREN TO CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI AND ONTO MARION AND SHAWNEETOWN ILLINOIS...AND EVANSVILLE AND ROCKPORT INDIANA. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN TO CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AFTER 9 AM. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO SLEET BY MIDDAY. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT: SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AN INCH OR LESS...WITH A VERY MINOR GLAZE UNDERNEATH. * OTHER IMPACTS: ROADS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME SLICK IN SPOTS. BRIDGES AND UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS. AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE 20S TONIGHT...MORE WIDESPREAD TRAVEL PROBLEMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS MAY GUST 30 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS NEAR 20 DEGREES BY LATE AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP WELL INTO THE TEENS TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
Seems this ice is limited to the southern reaches of our readership, so those in South Counties, be watching…the good news is, ice usually means the crims aren’t out and about plying their trade, so there might be fewer breaking pieces about those…but we can’t call it for accidents; those will likely still happen. In order to avoid coverage here, DRIVE CAREFULLY.
