This Warning seems scary.
Issued by The National Weather Service
Chicago, IL
3:29 pm CST, Wed., Dec. 17, 2008
… WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS SNOW LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. BY THURSDAY EVENING… PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS FAR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF CHICAGO… AND A MIX OF SLEET… SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 88… EVENTUALLY TRANSITIONING TO MAINLY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MID MORNING FRIDAY OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE CLOSER TO THE ILLINOIS WISCONSIN STATE LINE TAPERING TO 2 TO 4 INCHES CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 80… AND LESSER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THE LOCATIONS WITH LESSER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE GREATER ICE ACCUMULATIONS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH CLOSER TO THE ILLINOIS WISCONSIN STATE LINE TO AROUND A HALF INCH OR GREATER ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW… SLEET… ICE… OR STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL… KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT… FOOD… AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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… WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING…
.ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE MIDWEST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SNOW… FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWESTERN INDIANA. THE LATEST INDICATIONS SUGGEST THE STORM SYSTEM IS TRACKING A BIT FARTHER SOUTHWARD… WHICH WOULD LIMIT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND INCREASE THE RISK OF HEAVIER SNOW ACROSS FAR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO THE FAR NORTHERN SUBURBS OF CHICAGO. IT STILL APPEARS AS THOUGH SIGNIFICANT ICING IS POSSIBLE ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DIXON TO ELGIN TO CHICAGO. THE GREATEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80… WHERE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MORE LIMITED.
TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION MAY EXCEED ONE HALF INCH IN SOME LOCATIONS. ICE ACCUMULATION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL CAUSE DAMAGE TO POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS ON MANY AREA ROADS.
