URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1201 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2015
...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING..
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON
1201 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2015
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
*ACCUMULATIONS...TOTALS OF 6 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE NORTH OF I-70...WITH 7 TO 9 INCHES POSSIBLE NORTH OF A JACKSONVILLE TO DANVILLE LINE.
* WIND...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF UP TO 25 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING COULD CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.
* IMPACTS...BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITIES COULD BECOME POOR DUE TO THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND OUT IN THE COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.