FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 859 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009
THE FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR
THE THORN CREEK AT THORNTON
* UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING.
* AT 830 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.0 FEET.
* BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 355 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING.
* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AND
END THIS EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL
LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THIS ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL WILL BRING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL TO 6 TO 12 INCHES IN A
SWATH FROM DE KALB COUNTY EAST NORTHEAST INTO THE WESTERN AND
NORTHERN SUBURBS OF CHICAGO. A FEW LOCATIONS OVER THE WESTERN
AND NORTHWESTERN SUBURBS OF CHICAGO COULD SEE TOTALS JUST OVER A
FOOT. FOR COOK COUNTY THE HEAVIEST TOTALS WILL OCCUR OVER
NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...WITH STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES LIKELY OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE COUNTY.
* HAZARDS...IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20
MPH WILL CAUSE THE LIGHT AND FLUFFY SNOW TO DRIFT BACK ONTO
ALREADY CLEARED ROADWAYS...PARTICULARLY IN OPEN AREAS.
* IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW FREEZING CAUSING
SNOW TO ACCUMULATE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS...RESULTING IN ROADS
BECOMING SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL HAZARDOUS THROUGH THIS
EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN 6 OR MORE
INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST TO OCCUR. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE
TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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