...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT FOR POTENTIAL OF SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL
DEVELOP SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN
WILL CHANGE TO RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE
REGION AS TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY RISE ABOVE FREEZING.
* MAIN IMPACT...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATION IN EXCESS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH.
* OTHER IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATING ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES
WILL WEIGH THEM DOWN AND WITH INCREASING WIND COULD RESULT IN
POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...PAVEMENT AND SOIL TEMPERATURES ARE
BELOW FREEZING...SO ANY LIQUID PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FREEZE
ON CONTACT AND RESULT IN VERY ICY AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. SIDEWAYS AND WALKWAYS COULD
ALSO TURN TO SHEETS OF ICE MAKING EVEN WALKING DIFFICULT AND
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. THIS STORM IS STILL IN
THE DEVELOPING STAGES AND ANY MINOR CHANGES IN FORECAST
TEMPERATURES COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE FORECASTED
PRECIPITATION TYPE AND RESULTANT ICING THREAT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER
STORM.
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