...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /10 AM EST/
THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/ TONIGHT...
* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE
MID TO LATE MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE
TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO
10 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* MAIN IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD BEGIN BY MIDDAY AND
LINGER INTO THIS EVENING. SNOW COULD FALL RATHER HEAVILY AT
TIMES WITH SNOW FALL RATES AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY THIS
EVENING WHICH COULD RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN
OPEN AREAS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE FALLING AT A GOOD CLIP
DURING THIS AFTERNOONS RUSH HOUR...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY FOR POOR
TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL THROUGH O'HARE AND MIDWAY AIRPORTS WILL
LIKELY BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED BY THIS STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. CONSIDER ONLY TRAVELING IF IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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