...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST THURSDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND STRONG WINDS. THE WARNING IS
IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO WET SNOW BY MID TO LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...AND LIKELY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...LINGERING INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION: CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT TOTALS OF 2 TO 6
INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN DEKALB AND
MCHENRY COUNTIES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IF
HEAVY SNOW BANDS WITH THUNDERSNOW OCCUR.
* WIND: WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS UP
BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH EXPECTED IN DEKALB AND MCHENRY COUNTIES
AND TO AROUND 60 MPH IN LASALLE COUNTY.
* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS
WILL RESULT IN GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND POSSIBLY NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE ROADS TO
BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. 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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