Tuesday Storm Packs a Wallop in St. Charles
Wet, slushy snow bogs traffic, sparks cancellations of meetings, activities; the National Weather Service cancels its winter weather advisory at mid-evening.
Accumulations of up to 7 inches of snowfall were possible Tuesday, but how much the final tally will be is difficult to gauge. Still, the white, slushy mess, complicated by gusty winds slowed down motorists, snarled traffic and caused some accidents in St. Charles, police said. By late Tuesday afternoon, the National Weather Service extended its winter weather advisory until 6 a.m. Wednesday, but by 9 p.m. canceled it altogether. Accuweather, which dubbed the snowfall “the last storm of the month,” predicted an additional 1 to 3 inches of snowfall by Wednesday. St. Charles Police Department spokesman Paul McCurtain said police had been kept busy during Tuesday afternoon’s storm, logging seven traffic accidents and two motorist assists, as …
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