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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1042 AM CST FRI JAN 31 2014
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MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-
KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...
DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...
JOLIET
1042 AM CST FRI JAN 31 2014
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY
AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE DURING THE
MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS OF SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL END BY
EARLY SATURDAY EVENING.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 6 TO 10 INCHES.
* SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE MID
MORNING SATURDAY.
* SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING.
* TRAVEL THROUGH CHICAGO O'HARE AND MIDWAY AIRPORTS COULD ALSO BE
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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