...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS TONIGHT AND BECOME MORE INTENSE TOWARD DAYBREAK
TUESDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...7 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE.
* MAIN IMPACTS...SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES FROM LATE
TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. ACCUMULATION
RATES OF 1 TO POSSIBLY 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES
MAKING SNOW REMOVAL DIFFICULT AND TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND NORTHEASTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO
25 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES LATER TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT MAY ALSO
CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. THIS WILL IMPACT
BOTH MORNING AND EVENING RUSH HOURS ON TUESDAY...WITH THE HIGHER
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING RUSH HOUR.
* OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL THROUGH OHARE AND MIDWAY AIRPORTS WILL
LIKELY BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED FROM 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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