Winter Storm Warning: Snow Starts About 9 Am With Thunder Possible Between Noon And 5 Pm

Chicagoland weather radar shows that the first snow band stretches from about Dixon, Illinois to Danville, Illinois and is heading northeast.

Snow is expected to begin about 9:00 a.m. Monday with heavy snow during the day -- especially between noon and 5:00 p.m. wht thunder may be heard during the snow storm.Snow is forecast to diminish about 6:00 p.m. with flurries continuing until about 8:00 p.m. Total accumulation forecast for Arlington Heights: 6.4 inches.

Joliet about 7.0 inches

Satellite infrared images show cloud cover over most of the Midwest.

TODAY Sunrise: 6:45 AM Sunset: 5:27 PM
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
353 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014

...PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY SNOW TO RESULT IN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT
TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...

LAKE IL-DUPAGE-COOK-WILL-KANKAKEE-IROQUOIS-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-
JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKEGAN...WHEATON...CHICAGO...JOLIET...
KANKAKEE...WATSEKA...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...
FOWLER
353 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014 /453 AM EST MON FEB 17 2014/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /10 AM
EST/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST /10 PM EST/ THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND TAPER OFF LATE
THIS EVENING.

* ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 10
INCHES.

* PRIMARY IMPACT...SNOW WILL OCCASIONALLY FALL VERY HEAVILY...WITH
SNOWFALL RATES IN SOME AREAS POSSIBLY REACHING A CRIPPLING TWO
TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR FOR A TIME THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL
CAUSE ROADS TO BE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT
WITH VISIBILITY REDUCED TO ZERO AT TIMES. UNNECESSARY TRAVEL
SHOULD BE AVOIDED THIS AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACT...SNOW COULD BRIEFLY MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THIS MORNING AS PRECIPITATION
BEGINS. ALSO...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDER WITHIN THE HEAVIER
BANDS OF SNOW THIS AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 EMERGEN

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