...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...AND WILL BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD TOWARD DAYBREAK. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM
LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...7 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE.
* MAIN IMPACTS...SNOW WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES FROM LATE TUESDAY
MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 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 WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. THIS WILL IMPACT BOTH THE MORNING
AND EVENING RUSH HOURS ON TUESDAY...WITH A GREATER 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 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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