By Dan (
January 28, 2008 at 9:56 pm)
· Filed under Winter
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
941 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...STRONG WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER PLAINS WILL HIT NORTHERN
ILLINOIS AND NORTHWESTERN INDIANA TOMORROW...
A STRONG WINTER STORM IS DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. A
STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO
NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY LATE MORNING TUESDAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...
LINGERING RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE
MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. AS THE FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE
REGION...WINDS WILL QUICKLY STRENGTHEN TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 45 MPH. WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE... TEMPERATURES WILL DROP
SHARPLY AND RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. ANY RESIDUAL
PONDING OF WATER AND SLUSHY SNOW WILL FREEZE IN PLACE...CREATING
TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH
ONGOING SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER NORTH
CENTRAL ILLINOIS WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES TOTAL ACCUMULATION...AND
LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. MUCH OF THE SNOW SHOULD END
BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING AND THE CONCERN WILL TRANSITION OVER TO
DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP
BELOW ZERO OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS
ELSEWHERE. COMBINED WITH CONTINUED STRONG WINDS...WIND CHILL
READINGS WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO COVER
PORTIONS OF THE REGION...PARTICULARLY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80
CORRIDOR WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED.
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