URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1110 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012
...RAIN TO CHANGE TO A WET SNOW AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT..RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A WET SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE EVOLVES ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES
THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN THE HOURS JUST AFTER CHANGEOVER TO SNOW. SOME ACCOMPANYING THUNDER IS POSSIBLE...AND WHERE THIS OCCURS THERE WILL BE LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE MOST FAVORED AREA TO
SEE LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS GREATER THAN SIX INCHES IS ACROSS DEKALB...KANE...DUPAGE...AND NORTHERN COOK COUNTIES. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
