...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND WILL BECOME
MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH MID MORNING. 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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