Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Chicago, IL
Areas Affected: Lake
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Sunday 9:16pm CST
Alert Effective: Sunday 9:16pm CST
Alert Expires: Monday 6:00am CST
Event Onset: Sunday 9:16pm CST
Event Ends: Monday 6:00am CST
Issued by: NWS Chicago IL
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous to nearly impossible travel conditions will develop across parts of the county overnight due to intense lake effect snow. Snow rates in excess of 3 inches per hour accompanied by wind gusts over 30 mph leading to blowing and drifting snow. Total accumulations will range from 1 to 4 inches over western Lake County to 4 to 8 inches near the lake, with isolated totals over 8 inches possible. * WHERE...Lake IL County. * WHEN...Until 6 AM CST Monday. * IMPACTS...Snow rates in excess of 3 inches per hour may temporally cripple travel across portions of the county. Strong northerly wind gusts in excess of 30 mph may lead to greatly reduced visibility, especially near the Lake Michigan shoreline. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Lake effect snow is often very localized, with conditions varying from safe to dangerous across just a few miles. The highest snow totals, are expected near and east of Interstate 94 with considerably less snow on the western side of the county.
Persons should consider delaying all travel while and where the lake effect snow is ongoing.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5814f8b2098a1abc3cda52cac1085ee17bdf076b.001.1 Codes: ILZ006 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5814f8b2098a1abc3cda52cac1085ee17bdf076b.001.1