Here’s a look at what’s tracking toward us, and the counties it affects in our readership area, as today progresses.
From the National Weather Service:
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 610 AM CST TUE NOV 11 2014 ILZ043>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-121200- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DE WITT- DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MACON-MOULTRIE-PIATT- RICHLAND-SHELBY-VERMILION- 610 AM CST TUE NOV 11 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING...ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO DROP...REACHING 15 TO 20 DEGREES LOWER THAN THOSE OBSERVED MONDAY AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES...AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED.