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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1016 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014
...GUSTY WINDS AND NEW SNOWFALL WILL BRING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS TODAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...
.VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND TONIGHT AS
SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50
MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ALREADY ON THE
GROUND...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. FALLING SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH 1
TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION PROBABLE. PERSISTENT WINDY CONDITIONS
THROUGH TONIGHT COMBINED WITH THE NEWLY FALLING SNOW WILL CONTINUE
TO PRESENT A HAZARD WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY AND BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF AND END EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING.
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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
1016 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 /1116 AM EST FRI JAN 24 2014/
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /7 AM
EST/ SATURDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...
* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH 6 AM CST /7 AM EST/ SATURDAY.
* SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH TODAY
AND TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.
* IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH THE STRONG
WINDS...AND WILL WORSEN WITH THE ADDITION OF FALLING AND
ACCUMULATING SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ROADS WILL
BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS...WHERE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS
BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN
OPEN AREAS.
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