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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
943 AM CST SUN JAN 26 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
943 AM 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...BLOWING SNOW TODAY QUICKLY BECOMING WORSE THIS EVENING
AND PERSISTING THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL
IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
* WINDS...WINDS WILL TURN TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST AND INCREASE
TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE
THIS EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...LESS THAN AN INCH THIS EVENING.
* MAIN IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT
WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW....WHICH
ALONG WITH A PERIOD OF ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING...MAY
LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AND RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS.
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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