WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 456 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING.
* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN
ILLINOIS AND PERHAPS NORTHWEST INDIANA EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE GREATEST SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW TOTALS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM NEAR 10
INCHES ALONG THE ROCK RIVER...TO NEAR 9 INCHES TO ZION AND
WAUKEGAN.
* MISC HAZARDS: STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON
WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE RAPIDLY LATE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR TUESDAY EVENING...WITH MOST ROADS
BECOMING SNOW COVERED. 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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