WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 331 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* TIMING: INTERMITTENT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DEVELOP ACROSS
NORTHERN ILLINOIS TUESDAY MORNING. AS MOISTURE LADEN AIR IS
DRAWN NORTHWARD IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM CENTER...SNOW WILL
BECOME HEAVIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY
MIX WITH SLEET OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS TUESDAY EVENING...WITH
ALL SNOW OCCURRING FURTHER WEST TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 39
CORRIDOR. GREATER SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR ARE
MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE AREA EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING...THOUGH FLURRIES WILL LIKELY CONTINUE MUCH OF
THE DAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW TOTALS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM NEAR 10
INCHES ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 39...TO NEAR 6 INCHES
FURTHER EAST OVER THE FOX RIVER VALLEY.
* MISC HAZARDS: STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON
WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE RAPIDLY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH MOST ROADS BECOMING SNOW COVERED BY TUESDAY
EVENING. DRIFTING SNOW MAY BE A PARTICULAR PROBLEM...
ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROUTES ON WEDNESDAY.
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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MERZLOCK
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