URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
839 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012
...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND
NORTHWEST INDIANA THURSDAY EVENING INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...
.A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE PLAINS
INTO MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
PRECIPITATION...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN...IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS
AND NORTHWEST INDIANA DURING THE DAY THURSDAY...BUT AS THE STORM
SYSTEM DEEPENS OVER THE AREA LATE THURSDAY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
CHANGE QUICKLY TO WET SNOW AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL
RATES MAY EXCEED AN INCH PER HOUR IN SOME LOCATIONS WITHIN THE
WATCH AREA FOR A FEW HOURS...PARTICULARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE
STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA EARLY FRIDAY...THOUGH
SNOW SHOWERS MAY LINGER THROUGH MIDDAY ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST
INDIANA.
MCHENRY-LAKE IL-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-LAKE IN-
PORTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN...AURORA...
WHEATON...CHICAGO...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...GARY...VALPARAISO
839 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012