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...SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS... .THE FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW OF THE SEASON WILL UNFOLD ACROSS THE REGION BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES...ESPECIALLY PAVEMENT...WILL INITIALLY LIMIT ACCUMULATION ON SURFACES THIS EVENING. HOWEVER SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AND WILL ALLOW FOR SNOW TO ACCUMULATE AT A QUICKER RATE. ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS UPGRADED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY.

* TIMING...A RAIN SNOW MIX THIS EVENING WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID TO LATE AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY.

* SNOWFALL RATES...MODERATE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 7 INCHES...HIGHEST IN NORTHERN WILL COUNTY.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITY.

* THE FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW OF THE YEAR CAN CATCH MOTORISTS OFF GUARD. ENSURE TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY AND USE EXTRA CAUTION IF TRAVELING.

* AFFECTED AREAS: WILL

Instructions:

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.