BURST OF LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE NEAR I-80; COULD MOVE NORTH


    SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
    310 AM CST WED FEB 22 2012

    WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
    LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
    LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
    INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
    WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
    OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...
    WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...
    FOWLER



    ...A BURST OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS
    NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA THROUGH MID MORNING...

    A NARROW BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
    EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS...CENTERED
    ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. SNOW WILL QUICKLY INTENSIFY AS
    IT MOVES EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. MODERATE TO AT TIMES
    HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST
    SUBURBS OF CHICAGO BETWEEN 6 AND 8 AM THIS MORNING. WHILE SOME
    UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ON THE PRECISE PATH...IT IS POSSIBLE HEAVIER
    SNOW COULD FALL FURTHER NORTH THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED AND IMPACT
    METROPOLITAN CHICAGO. WITHIN THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL...RATES UP TO
    ONE INCH PER HOUR MAY OCCUR WITH VISIBILITIES AT TIMES REDUCED TO
    ONE HALF MILE. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 1
    AND 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE.

    ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL THIS MORNING SHOULD USE CAUTION AND BE
    AWARE OF SLIPPERY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL
    FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES BEFORE THIS SNOW EXITS BY LATE MORNING.

    $$

    RODRIGUEZ

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