WWUS43 KLOT 010859
WSWLOT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
259 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2014
...PERIODS OF SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND...
/O.NEW.KLOT.WW.Y.0023.140301T2100Z-140302T1500Z/
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET
259 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2014
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
9 AM CST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY.
* TIMING...AFTER A BRIEF ROUND OF SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING...MORE
STEADY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TAPER OFF BY
SUNDAY MORNING. SOME LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS MAY LINGER OVER
FAR NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
* ACCUMULATION...SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW MAY FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY LATE
THIS EVENING...WITH SNOWFALL RATES POSSIBLY REACHING UP TO AN
INCH PER HOUR FOR A TIME. THIS WILL CAUSE SNOW COVERED ROADS...
MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE REGION.
* OTHER IMPACTS...FRESH SNOWFALL...DECREASING TEMPERATURES AND
INCREASING WINDS MAY BRING WIND CHILL READINGS OF 5 TO 15 BELOW
ZERO FOR SUNDAY MORNING AND 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO FOR MONDAY
MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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