Weather

County,
Winter Weather Advisory issued March 24 at 11:49AM CDT until March 25 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS
Effective: 11:49 a.m. on Sunday, March 24, 2013
Expires: 7 p.m. on Monday, March 25, 2013

...ACCUMULATING SNOWS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY...
.THE CENTER OF A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EASTWARD
ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ROUGHLY ALONG ROUTE
13 IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE QUITE LIMITED TO
THE SOUTH OF THIS PATH.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
MONDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
MONDAY.
* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
THE MOST INTENSE SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...BUT PERIODS OF LIGHTER SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY.
* MAIN IMPACT...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE...WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 13
IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THOUGH MUCH OF THE SLUSHY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO GRASSY AND ELEVATED
SURFACES...SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS MAY DEVELOP WHERE THE HEAVIEST
SNOW FALLS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHTER SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH
THE NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY
DETERIORATE AS TEMPERATURES FALL JUST BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT.
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR WET OR SLUSHY ROADS TO FREEZE. A
COATING OF LIGHT SNOW ON TOP COULD MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS MONDAY
MORNING.

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