Winter Storm Warning (Extended to 12 PM)
Saturday, February 24th, 2007URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
759 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
… WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12:00 PM CST …
Periods of snow and sleet, heavy at times, will continue through tonight. Winds gusting to 40 MPH will create blowing and drifting snow, and visibilities reduced to below 1/2 mile at times. The snow should begin to mix with more freezing rain and sleet by Sunday morning. Reports indicate 1-3″ of snow had fallen across the warning area as of 8:00 PM. An additional 3-5″ of snow is possible overnight and into Sunday morning, resulting in storm total snowfall amounts of 4-8″ by mid-day Sunday.
A Winter Storm Warning means significant amounts of snow, sleet, and ice are expected or occurring. Strong winds are also possible. This will make travel very hazardous or impossible.
NOTE FROM KC9GHZ: The Ice Storm Warning for Cook, Kane, and DuPage Counties has been changed to a Winter Storm Warning.
