Blizzard Warning!

BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

IMPACTS...

 * THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE
   WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW
   AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON
   THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

 * HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF
   ROADS DIFFICULT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE
   LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW
   DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN.

 * NUMEROUS EVENT CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE
   EXPECTED... AS WELL AS FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * AS OF 945 AM HEAVY SNOW HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS MISSOURI AND WAS
   MOVING INTO ILLINOIS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG
   INTERSTATE 94 AROUND 5 PM...AND PROGRESS NORTH TO INTERSTATE 96
   BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM.

 * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND MID MORNING ON
   WEDNESDAY. ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES CAN BE EXPECTED
   DURING THIS TIME.

 * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
   FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY EVENING.

 * BY AROUND 10 PM NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15
   TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH . THESE WINDS WILL
   CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING.
   CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED...PRODUCING
   BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
   EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG
   WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO
   WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO
   NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT
   WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.