Friday, January 24, 2014

Winter Weather Advisory for Mchenry Co., IL

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
815 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014

...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE POOR VISIBILITY
AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING...

.LIGHT SNOW WAS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...WHICH
COMBINED WITH STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE
POOR VISIBILITY...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 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.


/O.CON.KLOT.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-140125T1500Z/
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
815 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014 /915 PM EST FRI JAN 24 2014/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
/10 AM EST/ SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. LOCALIZED 4 INCH AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE EAST OF INTERSTATE 55.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
WILL BECOME 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.

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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