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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
809 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014
...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
THEN GUSTY WINDS AND NEW SNOWFALL WILL BRING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...
.THE COMBINATION OF SUBZERO TEMPERATURES AND WEST TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES
FALLING TO 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO INTO FRIDAY MORNING. VERY
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL THEN DEVELOP FRIDAY AS SOUTHWEST WINDS
INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY AFTERNOON. THIS
WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND...
AND THEN FALLING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION
POSSIBLE. CONTINUED WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT 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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LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
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WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...
WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...
FOWLER
809 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014 /909 PM EST THU JAN 23 2014/
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST /11 AM
EST/ FRIDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CST /9 AM
EST/ FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST /7 AM EST/ SATURDAY...
FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY...
* TIMING...OVERNIGHT THROUGH 10 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING.
* WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 20 BELOW AND 30 BELOW
ZERO OVERNIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
* 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 EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP. LIGHT SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY FRIDAY NIGHT...
WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.
* IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP WITH THE
STRONG WINDS FRIDAY AND...AND WILL LIKELY WORSEN WITH THE
ADDITION OF FALLING AND ACCUMULATING SNOW LATER FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND NIGHT. ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY
IN OPEN AREAS...WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
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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