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..WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM CST /1 PM EST/ TUESDAY TO 12 PM CST /1 PM EST/ WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM CST /1 PM EST/ TUESDAY TO 12 PM CST /1 PM EST/ WEDNESDAY.

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

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.