Winter Storm Warning for Mchenry Co., IL

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
220 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013


/O.EXT.KLOT.WS.W.0006.131221T2200Z-131222T1600Z/
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB
220 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET AND POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL
DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION MAY TAPER OFF TO
DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE FOR A TIME THIS EVENING BEFORE
CHANGING BACK TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT
TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL
END BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING.

* TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES...MAINLY
NORTH OF A STERLING TO WOODSTOCK LINE WITH LESSER AMOUNTS
EXPECTED SOUTH OF THAT LINE.

* ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH IN PARTS OF THE
WARNING AREA.

* MAIN IMPACT...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
MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS. 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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