...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING.
* TIMING...SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET INITIALLY...BEGINS
TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUES HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING TO LIGHTER SNOWS TUESDAY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER 6 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.
* MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG EAST NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING
TO 40 MPH...ESPECIALLY ON THE LAKEFRONT...WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY
AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.
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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