Special Weather Statement 16:10:02.5761998

...A PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

A POTENT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN DURING THE DAY ON
FRIDAY. AS THIS OCCURS...PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP DURING THE
LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS. ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION MAY INITIALLY BEGIN AS
RAIN...IT APPEARS THAT COLDER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD PORTIONS OF THE
AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON...ALLOWING THE RAIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW
BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. AS THIS TRANSITION TO SNOW OCCURS...THERE
COULD BE A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF FAR
NORTHERN ILLINOIS LATE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING. DUE TO THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW...THE SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE
QUICKLY...LEADING TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. HOWEVER...DUE TO
THE COMPLEXITY OF THE STORM SYSTEM...UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ON WHERE
THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR.