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Snow Squall Warning, Illinois

Severe

Flash freeze on roads. Dangerous and life-threatening travel conditions are expected to develop rapidly in the warning area.

Ended Wednesday, January 14, 2026.

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Map

Map of Illinois with this warning The Snow Squall Warning covers Watseka, Paxton, Fairbury. The weather service drew the area; it is moving south at 36 mph. Moving south at 36 mphI-57I-55I-65I-74WatsekaPaxtonFairburyGibson CityILLINOISINDIANA20 mi Moving south at 36 mphI-55I-65WatsekaPaxtonFairburyILLINOISINDIANA20 mi I-55I-65WatsekaPaxtonFairburyILLINOISINDIANA20 mi I-55I-65WatsekaPaxtonFairburyILLINOISINDIANA25 mi
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  • Moving south at 36 mph
Alert area: National Weather Service. Borders and highways: U.S. Census Bureau. Lakes, rivers and other countries: Natural Earth. Open this area in OpenStreetMap

Details from the National Weather Service

What
Flash freeze on roads. Intense bursts of heavy snow. Gusty winds leading to blowing snow and visibility rapidly falling to less than one-quarter mile. Wind gusts greater than 50 mph could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.
Squall now
At 9:32 in the morning/10:32 in the morning/, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line extending from near Gibson City to near Ashkum to Remington, moving south at 30 mph.
Impacts
Dangerous and life-threatening travel conditions are expected to develop rapidly in the warning area.
Highways
Including the following interstates... I-57 between mile markers 258 and 291. Indiana I-65 between mile markers 200 and 210. This snow squall will be near... Watseka, Gibson City, Onarga, and Buckley around 9:40 in the morning. Earl Park around 10:40 in the morning. Milford around 9:45 in the morning. Fowler around 10:45 in the morning. Paxton and Stockland around 9:50 in the morning. Cissna Park around 9:55 in the morning. Otterbein, Oxford, and Boswell around 11 in the morning.
Seen by
Radar and trained spotter.

Updates

  1. Allowed to end on time. January 14, 2026
  2. Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 14, 2026
  3. Snow Squall Warning issued until Wednesday, 10 in the morning. January 14, 2026