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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIER TOTALS IN A CORRIDOR FROM NEAR JACKSONVILLE EAST THROUGH DECATUR TO NEAR DANVILLE AND PARIS. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. FURTHER NORTH...AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AROUND BLOOMINGTON...PEORIA...AND HAVANA. * WIND...SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGH THE PERIOD...THUS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE A PROBLEM. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE IN THE HEAVIER SNOW TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
