Winter Weather in Vermilion, Illinois
Winter Weather January 6, 2009 · Vermilion, Illinois
What the National Weather Service wrote
Numerous traffic accidents were reported by Illinois State Police across Vermilion County as a result of icy road conditions. One woman slid off the road just north of Sidell at around 10:54 AM and was transported to a local hospital. Another woman lost her life as her vehicle slid off I-74 near mile marker 213 just west of Tilton at 9:30 AM.
The wider storm
A storm system tracked from the Texas panhandle northeastward into the Ohio River Valley on January 6th, spreading a mixture of light freezing rain, sleet, and snow across central and southeast Illinois. Locations along and south of the I-72 corridor experienced the most serious impacts from this system, as a prolonged period of freezing drizzle created icy road conditions and numerous traffic accidents.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 149673. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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