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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
306 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014
...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...
.A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT CROSSING NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND ACROSS
NORTHWEST INDIANA BY EARLY THIS EVENING WILL USHER IN ANOTHER
ROUND OF VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY DROP WITH
THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND CONTINUE TO FALL TO AROUND 5 TO 10 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND
35 MPH...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO
ARE EXPECTED 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-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA
306 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
THURSDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL DROP TO AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT
AND REMAIN BETWEEN 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE LATE MORNING
HOURS.
* IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF
MINUTES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY
AND MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD
AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT
IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE
NOT TAKEN.
BRING PETS INDOORS.
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