WWUS43 KLOT 052158
WSWLOT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
358 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014
/O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140107T1800Z/
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-OGLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
OREGON
358 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY...
WHILE LIGHT SNOW MAY STILL BE SEEN INTO MID AFTERNOON...ANY
IMPACTING ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY OVER. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW MAY
STILL BE SEEN IN OPEN COUNTRY THROUGH MONDAY.
FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING...
* A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL OCCUR
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WHILE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS
WILL BE SEEN THROUGH THE PERIOD...THE MOST EXTREME WIND CHILLS
ARE LIKELY TO BE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING.
* WIND CHILLS...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WIND CHILLS COLDER THAN 30
BELOW IS LIKELY...WITH WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 50 BELOW EXPECTED
LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. THESE FORECAST WIND CHILLS
ARE TO BE THE COLDEST EXPERIENCED IN NEARLY TWENTY YEARS.
* FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES
WITH THESE EXPECTED WIND CHILLS. DEATH WILL ALSO OCCUR IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN WHEN BEING OUTSIDE.
* TEMPERATURES...LOWS 15 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND MONDAY
NIGHT. RECORD COLD HIGHS OF 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO MONDAY.
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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