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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
726 AM CST FRI JAN 3 2014
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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-LA SALLE-
KENDALL-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...OTTAWA...OSWEGO...
MORRIS...PONTIAC
726 AM CST FRI JAN 3 2014
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY...
* TIMING...THROUGH MID MORNING TODAY.
* TEMPERATURES...5 BELOW TO 17 BELOW ZERO.
* WIND CHILL VALUES...20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO.
FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...
* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON.
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD LIKE
CONDITIONS THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTH THIS MORNING WITH SPEEDS
APPROACHING 20 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES
REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...MAINLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS.
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 BLOWING 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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