WWUS43 KLOT 010200
WSWLOT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
800 PM CST FRI JAN 31 2014
/O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0003.140201T0300Z-140202T0000Z/
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
800 PM CST FRI JAN 31 2014
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SATURDAY...
* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY PUSH NORTH 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. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OTTAWA TO JOLIET
TO MIDWAY AIRPORT.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 6 TO 10 INCHES. STORM TOTAL ICE
ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
OTTAWA TO JOLIET TO MIDWAY AIRPORT.
* 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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