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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
908 PM CST THU JAN 30 2014
/O.CON.KLOT.WS.A.0002.140201T0600Z-140202T0000Z/
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...
WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...
FOWLER
908 PM CST THU JAN 30 2014 /1008 PM EST THU JAN 30 2014/
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
* TIMING...SOME LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...BUT MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF THE
STORM...MOSTLY SNOW IS EXPECTED NEAR AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
LA SALLE PERU TO CHICAGO...WITH A MIXTURE OF FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW EXPECTED SOUTH OF THIS LINE. SOME
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO ALL RAIN FOR A
TIME SATURDAY SOUTH OF THE KANKAKEE RIVER. ANY CHANGE IN THE
FORECAST TRACK OF THE STORM WILL LIKELY RESULT IN CHANGES IN THE
EXPECTED PRECIPITATION TYPES.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND OR SNOW ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA. SOME LOCATIONS COULD SEE
SNOWFALL OF 6 OR MORE INCHES...WHILE SOME OTHER LOCATIONS COULD
SEE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR POSSIBLY A BIT MORE.
* IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND ICE WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL THROUGH AND TO CHICAGO
O'HARE AND MIDWAY AIRPORTS COULD ALSO BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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