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WSWLOT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
424 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014
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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
KENDALL-WILL-KANKAKEE-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OSWEGO...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...
RENSSELAER
424 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY
THIS MORNING...
* TIMING...WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE EARLY THIS MORNING AS WINDS DIMINISH.
* WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH.
* MAIN IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD RESULT IN
LOCALIZED NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. SOME
ROADS IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS MAY BE PARTIALLY DRIFTED OVER.
TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS.
FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING...
* TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO.
* MAIN IMPACT...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER
OF MINUTES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON MONDAY...
ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS.
ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.
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.
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