WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1131 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.
* TIMING...LIGHT SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN DURING THE DAY
WEDNESDAY. HEAVIEST FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY
EVENING INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE.
* HAZARDS...ACCUMULATION. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW MAY MIX AS
PRECIPITATION BEGINS ON WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...GLAZING OF ROADWAYS...PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS. THIS
WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES.
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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RATZER
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