Winter storm updates
Champaign-Urbana was one of many towns across the country under a winter storm warning. According to the National Weather Service, the cities have received seven inches of snow so far with more in the forecast. Reginald Hardwick/Illinois Newsroom
On February 2, 2022, the National Weather Service in San Angelo Texas tweeted a photo of the winter storm map that covered much of the country. You could drive from Crockett County, Texas to Aroostook County, Maine and NOT be out of a winter storm warning. Here in Illinois, much of the state and our listening area was also under that winter storm warning, which was significantly disruptive, to say the least. Highways from Chicago to Carbondale were covered with snow according to Illinois Department of Transportation, and driving proved treacherous.
Today on the show, we checked in with reporters who have been following the storm at two of our member stations and heard updates from a meteorologist and a climatologist.
GUESTS:
Joe Deacon
Reporter, Peoria Public Radio
Eric Stock
Reporter, WGLT
Andrew Pritchard
Meteorologist, Chambana Weather
Trent Ford
Illinois State Climatologist
Blowing and drifting snow continue to plague roads across the state. If you are out and come across one of our plows, please do not pass it. Conditions are better behind it than in front of it.
— IDOT_Illinois (@IDOT_Illinois) February 3, 2022
Conditions as of 12:30p via https://t.co/3vgPqL82JK. pic.twitter.com/U7focVYLaJ
To give you an idea of just how wide of an impact this winter storm will have... you can drive in a (relatively) straight line from Crockett County, TX to Aroostook County, ME (on the border of Maine and New Brunswick) and never be out of a Winter Storm Warning! ��️❄️ #txwx #sjtwx pic.twitter.com/MFF5ctzfr5
— NWS San Angelo (@NWSSanAngelo) February 2, 2022
Follow @ILNewsroom's ongoing coverage of the winter storm and its impact as it drops a predicted foot of snow or more across central Illinois. Live updates found here: https://t.co/PvCAUbxPIC
— Illinois Public Media (@ILPublicMedia) February 2, 2022
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