Full Notification

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM CST THURSDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY BRIEFLY STARTING AS A MIX OF RAIN OR SNOW.

* MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 7 INCHES LIKELY...HIGHEST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 IN COOK COUNTY AND IN EASTERN WILL COUNTY. SNOWFALL TOTALS COULD VARY SUBSTANTIALLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES WITH SOME AREAS WITHIN THE WARNING LIKELY SEEING MUCH LESS SNOWFALL...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTIES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WHERE HEAVY SNOW OCCURS...THIS WILL CREATE A WIND WHIPPED SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS IF NOT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM.

* AFFECTED AREAS: COOK ... 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.