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WSWLOT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
414 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013
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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB
414 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
* TIMING...SNOW...WITH SOME AREAS OF SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL
END BY LATE MORNING.
* TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. HIGHEST
AMOUNTS NORTH OF A DIXON TO WOODSTOCK LINE WITH LESSER AMOUNTS
EXPECTED SOUTH OF THAT LINE.
* ICE ACCUMULATION...MINOR ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION...LESS THAN
A TENTH OF AN INCH.
* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND SLEET WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROAD SURFACES
AND RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY. THIS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS 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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