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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
916 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-
916 AM CST SAT FEB 8 2014
...BURST OF SNOW ARRIVING MIDDAY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
AT 910 AM CST...REGIONAL RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE BURST OF SNOW
WAS FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA. THIS SHORT BURST OF
INTENSE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ACROSS NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...OR
ALONG INTERSTATE 39 FROM WINNEBAGO TO LA SALLE COUNTY JUST AFTER 11
AM CST. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...REACHING THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA JUST AFTER NOON
TIME. VISIBILITIES WILL QUICKLY BECOME REDUCED WITHIN THE STEADIER
SNOW...AND AT TIMES MAY DIP TO AROUND ONE HALF MILE. THE MORE
INTENSE SNOW WILL LAST A COUPLE HOURS BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES
AND ENDING LATE 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 4221 8940 4250 8940 4250 8781 4227 8782
4208 8767 4177 8755 4118 8758 4113 8917
4158 8917 4159 8964 4192 8963 4193 8969
4220 8970
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