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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
907 AM CST WED JAN 14 2026
ILC019-113-203-141530-
/O.NEW.KILX.SQ.W.0002.260114T1507Z-260114T1530Z/
WOODFORD-MCLEAN-CHAMPAIGN-
907 AM CST WED JAN 14 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 930 AM CST.
* AT 907 AM CST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED NEAR COLFAX, OR
15 MILES WEST OF GIBSON CITY, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY. WIND GUSTS
GREATER THAN 50 MPH COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN THE WARNING AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 15.
INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 143 AND 187.
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 249 AND 257.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 115 AND 154.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLOOMINGTON, NORMAL, RANTOUL, LE ROY, HEYWORTH, EL PASO, LEXINGTON,
FISHER, HUDSON, CHENOA, GRIDLEY, DANVERS, COLFAX, DOWNS, GIFFORD,
MCLEAN, SAYBROOK, STANFORD, CARLOCK, AND TOWANDA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REDUCE SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
THERE IS NO SAFE PLACE ON A HIGHWAY WHEN A SNOW SQUALL HITS.
VISIBILITY AND TRACTION ARE IMMEDIATELY LOST IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS,
MAKING IT DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO SLOW DOWN AND AVOID STOPPED
VEHICLES. DELAY TRAVEL OR SAFELY EXIT THE HIGHWAY BEFORE THE SNOW
SQUALL ARRIVES.
LAT...LON 4029 8925 4057 8925 4072 8920 4075 8897
4076 8859 4062 8858 4061 8846 4040 8846
4040 8798 4028 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 1507Z 334DEG 42KT 4053 8866
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
SNOW SQUALL IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT
AUTEN
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