...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS
TODAY...AND LIKELY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. LESS INTENSE SNOW WILL
LINGER INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS
SNOW ARRIVES AND CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION: CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT TOTALS OF 3 TO 7
INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN DEKALB AND
MCHENRY COUNTIES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IF HEAVY
SNOW BANDS WITH THUNDERSNOW OCCUR. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1
TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.
* WIND: WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS BETWEEN
45 AND 55 MPH EXPECTED IN DEKALB AND MCHENRY COUNTIES AND TO
AROUND 60 MPH IN LASALLE COUNTY.
* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AND VERY
STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND
POSSIBLY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DANGEROUS
IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE AS IT MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO KEEP UP WITH
SNOW REMOVAL. THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO RESULT IN MINOR DAMAGE
AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MEANS SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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