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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
345 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014
...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING THEN GUSTY WINDS AND
NEW SNOWFALL WILL BRING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE FRIDAY
MORNING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...
.WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE OCCURRING THIS
MORNING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AS
SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 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 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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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
345 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 /445 AM EST FRI JAN 24 2014/
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST /11 AM
EST/ THIS MORNING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CST /9 AM
EST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST /7 AM EST/ SATURDAY...
FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY...
* TIMING...EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH MID MORNING.
* WIND CHILL VALUES...BETWEEN 15 BELOW AND 30 BELOW ZERO.
* IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF
MINUTES.
FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...
* TIMING...FROM 8 AM CST /9 AM EST/ FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST /7 AM
EST/ SATURDAY.
* SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
45 MPH BY LATE THIS MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION
POSSIBLE.
* IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP WITH THE
STRONG WINDS...AND WILL LIKELY WORSEN WITH THE ADDITION OF
FALLING AND ACCUMULATING SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS...WHERE VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.
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.
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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