...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA MONDAY NIGHT AND BECOME MORE
INTENSE TUESDAY MORNING AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW MAY FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES FROM TUESDAY
MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATION RATES OF 1 TO
1.5 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES MAKING SNOW REMOVAL
DIFFICULT AND TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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