Sunday, February 20, 2011

AFFECTED COUNTIES:
IN ILLINOIS: BOONE, LAKE, MCHENRY, WINNEBAGO.

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...A PERIOD OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS
MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE MID
AND LATE MORNING HOURS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM ABOVE
FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON...ENDING THE THREAT FOR FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO FREEZING RAIN. ADDITIONAL ICE
ACCUMULATION OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE FREEZING
RAIN ENDS BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

* HAZARDS...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN CAN LEAD TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS AND LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES.

* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN LEAD TO FALLING
TREE LIMBS AND CAN BRING DOWN POWER LINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS.

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