WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 355 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 900 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING.
* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AND
  END THIS EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THIS ADDITIONAL
  SNOWFALL WILL BRING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL TO 6 TO 12 INCHES IN A
  SWATH FROM DE KALB COUNTY EAST NORTHEAST INTO THE WESTERN AND
  NORTHERN SUBURBS OF CHICAGO. A FEW LOCATIONS OVER THE WESTERN
  AND NORTHWESTERN SUBURBS OF CHICAGO COULD SEE TOTALS JUST OVER A
  FOOT. 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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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 434 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 430 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009

/530 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL RESULT IN SOME ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE
OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING TO SCATTERED
SNOW SHOWERS WITH ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT.
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY
GENERALLY NORTH OF A PONTIAC TO GARY LINE...WHILE 1 TO 3 INCHES
ARE LIKELY FOR AREAS SOUTH OF THIS LINE. SNOW...AND SOUTH WINDS
GUSTING TO 20 MPH AT TIMES MAY RESULT IN SLIPPERY TRAVEL
CONDITIONS.
PORTIONS OF THE UPPER DES PLAINES...LOWER FOX...ILLINOIS AND
VERMILION RIVERS WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD OR WILL APPROACH FLOOD
STAGE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WITH ADDITIONAL MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED SUNDAY.
PORTIONS OF THE UPPER DES PLAINES...LOWER FOX...ILLINOIS AND
VERMILION RIVERS WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD EARLY IN THE WEEK.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT...
HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL TOTALS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO.
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COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO
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