...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING.
* TIMING...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP AROUND DAYBREAK...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY LATE
MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE...HEAVY AT
TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE
EVENING.
* MAIN IMPACT...ALTHOUGH THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY IN HOW MUCH OF
THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SNOW...IT DOES APPEAR THAT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF POTENTIALLY 6 OR MORE INCHES ALONG WITH SOME
ICE ACCUMULATIONS...COULD MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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