Dec 8 Icestorm Warning

Ice storm warnings across central Illinois. Forecast soundings suggest a major icing event. Watch the radar and keep an eye on the NWS.

Here is a pic of the current advisory map for central Illinois.

Just a little more than a year ago on Nov 30 and Dec 1, 2006 , central Illinois was locked into a pretty devastating ice storm where nearly 2 inches of ice coated the I-72 corridor. Decatur was in the worst shape with some 15,000 Ameran-IP customers without power for 15 days. Below are some pics from my parents house in Rochester, IL from this event. The basketball hoop was taken by Brian Conrad in Taylorville, IL (one of my students).