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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1232 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014
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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-LA SALLE-KENDALL-
GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...
PONTIAC
1232 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF BY EARLY
THIS EVENING.
* ACCUMULATION...POTENTIAL HAS INCREASED FOR SOME LOCATIONS TO
RECEIVE TOTALS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES. EXACT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
WILL BE UPDATED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
* PRIMARY IMPACT...SNOW WILL FALL HEAVILY...WITH SNOWFALL RATES
POSSIBLY REACHING TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR FOR A
TIME...ESPECIALLY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE SNOW
COVERED ROADS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES...MAKING TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE REGION.
* OTHER IMPACTS...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDER WITHIN THE HEAVIER
BANDS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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