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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
358 AM CST MON JAN 20 2014
...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH MID DAY
TUESDAY...
.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION TONIGHT WITH WINDS
TURNING NORTHERLY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON BUT INTENSIFY AND ORGANIZE INTO AN INTENSE BAND LATE
THIS EVENING. THIS BAND MAY WOBBLE BACK AND FORTH INTO TUESDAY
MORNING WHICH WILL MAKE PINPOINTING THE AREA OF HIGHEST SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS DIFFICULT. THERE IS HOWEVER GOOD CONFIDENCE THAT PORTER
AND LAKE COUNTIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY PERIODS OF MODERATE TO
POTENTIALLY VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL DURING THE WATCH PERIOD. IN
ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH
PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW... ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO LAKE
MICHIGAN. ANYONE TRAVELING ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA SHOULD
MONITOR FOR UPDATES ON THIS SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT.
THIS INCLUDES STRETCHES OF INTERSTATES 80...90 AND 94 AND
HIGHWAYS 6...12...20...30...49 AND 421.
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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA
358 AM CST MON JAN 20 2014
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM
CST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST
TUESDAY.
* WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL DROP DOWN AS LOW AS 25 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
* FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
* TEMPERATURES...WILL DROP AS LOW AS 5 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT.
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.
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