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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
927 AM CST WED JAN 14 2026
ILC019-039-113-115-147-183-141615-
/O.NEW.KILX.SQ.W.0003.260114T1527Z-260114T1615Z/
PIATT-DE WITT-VERMILION-MCLEAN-CHAMPAIGN-MACON-
927 AM CST WED JAN 14 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1015 AM CST.
* AT 927 AM CST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR REMINGTON TO NEAR HEYWORTH, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
40 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 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 220 AND 257.
INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 151 AND 182.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 146 AND 220.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHAMPAIGN, URBANA, DANVILLE, RANTOUL, CLINTON, MONTICELLO, HOOPESTON,
SAVOY, MAHOMET, ST. JOSEPH, LE ROY, TOLONO, WESTVILLE, HEYWORTH,
TILTON, CATLIN, FARMER CITY, FISHER, BEMENT, AND OAKWOOD.
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 3988 8838 3988 8846 3986 8846 3980 8870
4031 8906 4046 8846 4040 8846 4040 8794
4049 8793 4049 8753 4008 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1527Z 328DEG 35KT 4073 8720 4029 8894
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
SNOW SQUALL IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT
AUTEN
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