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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1142 AM CST WED JAN 22 2014
...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...
.A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL CROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA EARLY THIS EVENING.
TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FALL TO AROUND ZERO BEHIND THIS FRONT
AND CONTINUE TO FALL TO SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT.
COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...DANGEROUSLY
LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED BY THIS
EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. WITH THE FRESH POWDERY LIKE
SNOWFALL...THE GUSTY WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY 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
1142 AM CST WED JAN 22 2014 /1242 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014/
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /10 PM EST/
THIS EVENING TO NOON CST /1 PM EST/ THURSDAY...
* WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO BY 10 PM
THEN OVERNIGHT BETWEEN 22 TO 28 BELOW ZERO THROUGH DAYBREAK
THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF
MINUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH THE
VERY COLD AIR TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
BRING PETS INDOORS.
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