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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
718 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB
718 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO
6 PM CST SUNDAY...
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...
THE FREEZING RAIN HAD DIMINISHED TO FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS
EVENING. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE HAD ENDED OVER MOST OF THE AREA.
ANY LINGERING PATCHES OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL END SHORTLY.
WHILE THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ANY UNTREATED SURFACES
WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY SLIPPERY DUE TO THE THIN GLAZE OF ICE.
TRAVELERS ARE ADVISED TO BE ON THE WATCH FOR ICE COVERED SURFACE.
WINTER STORM WARNING...
* TIMING...A WINTRY MIX WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
BECOMING ALL SNOW AND SLEET SATURDAY EVENING...WITH PERIODS OF
HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN MAY CONTINUE FOR
PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA LATER INTO THE NIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH IN PARTS OF THE
WARNING AREA.
* MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROAD
SURFACES AND RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY. THIS
WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY.
* OTHER IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN A LIGHT GLAZE ON
ROAD SURFACES. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AND WET AND NATURE AND
DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL. AS COLDER AIR ARRIVES SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS COULD RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW IN OPEN AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. PERSONS WITH HEALTH ISSUES SHOULD AVOID SHOVELING
HEAVY...WET SNOW IF POSSIBLE.
&&
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. PERSONS WITH HEALTH ISSUES SHOULD AVOID SHOVELING
HEAVY...WET SNOW IF POSSIBLE.
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