..WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...A PERIOD OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...BEFORE
CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. PERIODS
OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY MORNING. BY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES MAY WARM ABOVE FREEZING ENDING THE THREAT
FOR FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. ADDITIONAL
ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE ON
SUNDAY MORNING.

* 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.