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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
806 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014
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MCHENRY-LAKE IL-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-WILL-KANKAKEE-LAKE IN-PORTER-
NEWTON-JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN...AURORA...
WHEATON...CHICAGO...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...GARY...VALPARAISO...
MOROCCO...RENSSELAER
806 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO 9 AM
CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND
NORTHWEST INDIANA WILL EXIT LATE THIS EVENING. BLOWING SNOW
BECOMING RAPIDLY MORE WIDESPREAD LATE THIS EVENING AND
PERSISTING OVERNIGHT.
* WINDS...INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH
TONIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
* MAIN IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WHICH ALONG WITH THE SNOW THIS
EVENING...WILL LEAD TO BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE
DANGEROUS.
* OTHER IMPACTS...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
FREEZING OF WET ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED ONES..THIS
EVENING.
FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING...
* TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO.
* OTHER IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS.
ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD
AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT
IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE
NOT TAKEN.
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