Winter Weather in Effingham, Illinois
Winter Weather December 23, 2008 · Effingham, Illinois
What the National Weather Service wrote
Numerous traffic accidents were reported across Effingham County due to icy road conditions. Two people died(indirect fatalities) in a collision on I-57 just north of Effingham.
The wider storm
A storm system spread a wintry mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain across central Illinois on December 23rd. The precipitation was on the light side: however, locations along and south of I-72 reported a thin glaze of ice from the freezing rain.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 143579. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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