WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1106 AM 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 LATE 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 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 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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