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WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT,

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH,WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.

TIMING,SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

SNOW AMOUNTS,POTENTIAL FOR GREATER THAN 6 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 88,AND POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 88.

MAIN IMPACT,PERIODS OF SNOW COULD LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITES UNDER A MILE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS,MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

OTHER IMPACTS,NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY,AND THIS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS,

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW,SLEET,OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

If you will be on the roads during this time frame please leave plenty of extra time to reach your destination. Leave plenty of room between you and other vehicles and assure that all occupants in your vehicle are wearing seatbelts. Use extra caution when approaching or following snow plows.

If this storm does materialize, it is likely the snow parking ban would go into effect in Geneva. Please plan ahead and remove your vehicles from the roadways.