Winter Storm Warning valid from 10:00 pm tonight (3/11/14) until 1:00 pm tomorrow (3/12/14). DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY!
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW BY MID TO LATE THIS
EVENING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. THE SNOW SHOULD END FROM WEST TO
EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* SNOW RATES...1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES LATE THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MID
MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACTS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...COMBINED WITH NORTHERLY
WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL
LIKELY BECOME TREACHEROUS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY LATE TONIGHT AND THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL IN AND OUT OF OHARE AND MIDWAY AIRPORTS
WILL LIKELY BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY MORNING.
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 EMERGENCY.
Address/Location
Montgomery Police Department
10 Civic Center Dr
Montgomery, IL 60538
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 630-897-8707