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WSWLOT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1121 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON WITH INCREASING CHANCES
FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTRY ACCUMULATION SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...
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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA
1121 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
* TIMING THIS AFTERNOON...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES
HOVERING AT OR BELOW FREEZING. IT IS POSSIBLE LIGHT FREEZING
DRIZZLE EVEN PERSISTS INTO THE EVENING.
* ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON...A GLAZE UP TO A
FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH.
* MAIN IMPACT THIS AFTERNOON...ICE DEVELOPING ON AREA ROADS AND
WALKWAYS WILL RESULT IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR MOTORISTS AND
PEDESTRIANS.
* SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...THE POTENTIAL CONTINUES FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION WITH A SECOND STORM
SYSTEM. IN ADDITION...A POSSIBLE MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN
RESULTING IN A GLAZE OF ICE TO A COUPLE TENTHS OF ACCUMULATION
COULD OCCUR SATURDAY EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT. THIS WOULD CREATE
DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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