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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
934 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013
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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB
934 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST
SUNDAY...
* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THIS
EVENING ALTHOUGH WILL TEMPORARILY DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY BY LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE BECOMING WIDESPREAD AGAIN
OVERNIGHT AND CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY THE LATE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL END BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING.
* TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES...HIGHEST
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...THE REST OF THE NIGHT FOR 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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