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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1253 AM CST SAT JAN 25 2014
...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE POOR VISIBILITY
AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING...
.LIGHT SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35
MPH WILL PRODUCE POOR VISIBILITY...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION UP TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW
ENDS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THOUGH GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING AND POOR VISIBILITIES ESPECIALLY
IN OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS OCCURRING
AT TIMES RESULTING IN A GLAZE OF ICE ON UNTREATED SURFACES.
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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
1253 AM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 /153 AM EST SAT JAN 25 2014/
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
/10 AM EST/ THIS MORNING...
* TIMING...OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
* PRECIPITATION...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES. IN
ADDITION...SNOW MAY TRANSITION TO FREEZING DRIZZLE AT TIMES WITH
A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE POSSIBLE ON UNTREATED SURFACES.
* WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35
MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT.
* IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...IN ADDITION TO NEW FALLING
ACCUMULATING SNOW...WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THEN A HALF
MILE AT TIMES...AND TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. SNOW
ACCUMULATION AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL RESULT IN
SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS ROADS. FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN ADD A
GLAZE OF ICE TO UNTREATED SURFACES.
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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