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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
349 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
349 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SUNDAY...
* TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET AND POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL
DEVELOP THROUGH EARLY EVENING. 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...HIGHEST
NORTH OF A DIXON 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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