WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 345 PM 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 6 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING UNTIL
6 PM CST WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN
ILLINOIS AND PERHAPS NORTHWEST INDIANA TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AS
MOISTURE LADEN AIR IS DRAWN NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPING
STORM SYSTEM. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME HEAVIER AND MORE
WIDESPREAD TUESDAY EVENING...WITH MAINLY SNOW OCCURRING WITHIN
THE WATCH AREA. GREATEST SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY
NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW TOTALS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM NEAR 10
INCHES ALONG THE ROCK RIVER...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 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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MERZLOCK
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