Saturday, February 19, 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...A PERIOD OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...BEFORE
CHANGING OVER TO SLEET THEN FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY
MORNING. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO 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. THE HEAVIEST
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR
MORE ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MID 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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