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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
959 AM CST THU JAN 30 2014
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...
WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...
FOWLER
959 AM CST THU JAN 30 2014 /1059 AM EST THU JAN 30 2014/
...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW
EXPECTED TODAY...
SOUTH WINDS WERE GUSTING ABOVE 30 MPH IN SOME SPOTS ACROSS
NORTHERN ILLINOIS AT MID MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WERE ALREADY
CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND...
WITH SOME ROADS IN OPEN AREAS BECOMING SNOW COVERED.
IN ADDITION...A QUICK MOVING MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO
THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY BRING A BRIEF PERIOD OF
LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE SNOW WHICH WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE
AFTERNOON COMMUTE. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
BY EARLY AFTERNOON...AND WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA THROUGH THE MID AND LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW MAY BRIEFLY FALL INTENSELY ENOUGH TO LOWER
VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES...WITH ACCUMULATION OF UP
TO AN INCH POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE
88 CORRIDOR ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY
WINDS...THE POTENTIAL FOR AT LEAST BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE
SNOW...POOR VISIBILITY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS MAY MAKE FOR SLOW
COMMUTING CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON RUSH. SNOW WILL THEN
QUICKLY EXIT TO THE EAST...ENDING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY
LATE AFTERNOON...AND ENDING ACROSS CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST INDIANA
BY EARLY THIS EVENING.
BE PREPARED FOR A POTENTIALLY SLOW AND SLIPPERY AFTERNOON RUSH
HOUR WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TODAY.
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