...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
/1 AM EST/ TONIGHT...
* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGHOUT THE
REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THEN SNOW
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF
AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...7 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO
12 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* MAIN IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
EVENING. SNOW COULD FALL RATHER HEAVILY AT TIMES WITH SNOW FALL
RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 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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