FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 859 AM CST SAT DEC 26 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: 119 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL TAPER OFF VERY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL
THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THIS
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BRING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL TO 5 TO 10
INCHES IN A SWATH FROM DE KALB COUNTY EAST NORTHEAST INTO THE
WESTERN AND NORTHERN SUBURBS OF CHICAGO. 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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