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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
354 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014
...GUSTY WINDS AND NEW SNOWFALL WILL BRING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...
.VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS
SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH BECOME
NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. FALLING SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH 1 TO 3
INCHES OF ACCUMULATION PROBABLE. SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS PRIMARILY
EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 MAY SEE UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. PERSISTENT
WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT COMBINED WITH THE NEWLY FALLEN
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRESENT A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD WITH REDUCED
VISIBILITY AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW SHOULD END BY MID
SATURDAY MORNING.
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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
354 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 /454 PM EST FRI JAN 24 2014/
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /10 AM
EST/ SATURDAY...
* TIMING...REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW CONTINUE
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NEW SNOW BEGINS TO FALL
THIS EVENING AND PERSISTS THROUGH MID SATURDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH SOME
ISOLATED LOCATIONS PRIMARILY EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 SEEING UP TO
4 INCHES.
* WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
* IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH THE STRONG
WINDS...AND WILL WORSEN WITH THE ADDITION OF FALLING AND
ACCUMULATING SNOW LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH MID SATURDAY
MORNING. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS...
ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS...WHERE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO
NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS
BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN
OPEN AREAS.
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