WWUS83 KLOT 081720
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1120 AM CST SAT FEB 8 2014
BOONE IL-COOK IL-DE KALB IL-DUPAGE IL-GRUNDY IL-KANE IL-KANKAKEE IL-
KENDALL IL-LA SALLE IL-LAKE IL-LEE IL-MCHENRY IL-OGLE IL-WILL IL-
WINNEBAGO IL-
1120 AM CST SAT FEB 8 2014
...BURST OF SNOW OVERSPREADING THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
AT 1109 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THE LEADING EDGE OF THE MODERATE SNOW ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
LOVES PARK TO TONICA...MOVING EAST. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
EAST...REACHING ALONG A MORRIS TO CRYSTAL LAKE LINE AROUND 1145 AM
CST...AND THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA AROUND 1230 PM CST.
VISIBILITIES WITHIN THIS BURST OF SNOW WILL QUICKLY BECOME
REDUCED...DIPPING TO AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES
COULD APPROACH 1 INCH PER HOUR...WITH GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
TOTAL SNOWFALL ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THE INTENSE SNOW
WILL LAST A COUPLE HOURS BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES AND COMING TO
AN END LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO EXPERIENCE HAZARDOUS WINTER
DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ARE ADVISED TO USE PLENTY OF EXTRA CAUTION.
IF POSSIBLE...DELAY TRAVEL UNTIL AFTER 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
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LAT...LON 4250 8780 4227 8782 4214 8774 4208 8767
4190 8760 4184 8760 4175 8753 4117 8757
4112 8917 4158 8917 4159 8964 4192 8963
4193 8969 4220 8970 4221 8940 4250 8941
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