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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
317 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014
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MCHENRY-LAKE IL-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-WILL-KANKAKEE-LAKE IN-PORTER-
NEWTON-JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN...AURORA...
WHEATON...CHICAGO...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...GARY...VALPARAISO...
MOROCCO...RENSSELAER
317 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
MONDAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO 9 AM
CST WEDNESDAY...
* TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WHICH AT TIMES MAY BE HEAVY THIS EVENING.
BLOWING SNOW BECOMING RAPIDLY MORE WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING AND
PERSISTING THROUGH OVERNIGHT.
* WINDS...WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 30
MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...AROUND AN INCH POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
* MAIN IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WHICH ALONG WITH A PERIOD OF SNOW
SHOWERS THIS EVENING...MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE
DANGEROUS.
* OTHER IMPACTS...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
FREEZING OF WET ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED ONES..DURING
THIS EVENING.
FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING...
* TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO.
* OTHER IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.
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.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.
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