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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
824 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014
...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...
.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE TO BRING COLD ARCTIC AIR INTO
THE REGION THIS EVENING...IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT WHICH MOVED
ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. TEMPERATURES
WHICH IN THE POSITIVE SINGLE DIGITS AT MID EVENING WILL FALL TO 5
BELOW TO 10 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 OVERNIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY
MORNING. WITH THE FRESH POWDERY SNOWFALL...THE GUSTY WINDS
OVERNIGHT WILL ALSO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA
824 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST
THURSDAY...
FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...
* NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF MILE OR
LESS AT TIMES.
* ROADS MAY BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS...WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING...
* WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL DROP TO AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO
OVERNIGHT AND REMAIN BETWEEN 20 BELOW AND 25 BELOW ZERO LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF
MINUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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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