WWUS73 KLOT 202255
NPWLOT
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
455 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
...AREAS OF DENSE FOG THIS AFTERNOON...THEN A PERIOD OF STRONG TO
POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY THIS EVENING...
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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
455 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 /555 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014/
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /8 PM EST/
THIS EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST /MIDNIGHT
EST/ THIS EVENING...
* TIMING...DENSE FOG HAS SETTLED INTO MOST OF THE AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH RUSH HOUR OR UNTIL
THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. FARTHER SOUTH TOWARD
CENTRAL ILLINOIS WHERE SHOWERS HAVE PASSED...VISIBILITY ALREADY
HAS IMPROVED. AFTER THE FOG DISSIPATES WITH THE COLD FRONT LATER
THIS EVENING...WINDS WILL BEGIN GUSTING TO 50 OR 60 MPH.
* WINDS...A PERIOD OF SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS AS STRONG AS
50 TO AROUND 60 MPH FOR A TIME THIS EVENING.
* VISIBILITY...LOCALLY ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...DENSE FOG WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WINDS LATER THIS EVENING MAY
RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE...EASILY TOSS LIGHTWEIGHT UNSECURED
OBJECTS AND MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
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