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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
151 AM CST WED MAR 5 2014
...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO AFFECT MORNING COMMUTE...
.BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL MOVE INTO AREAS NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 80 JUST PRIOR TO AND DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE.
VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES AND SNOW
ACCUMULATION RATES OF AROUND A HALF INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED FOR
BETWEEN 2 AND 4 HOURS...WITH RATES POSSIBLY EXCEEDING THAT FOR
BRIEF PERIODS.
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MCHENRY-LAKE IL-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-KENDALL-WILL-LAKE IN-PORTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN...AURORA...
WHEATON...CHICAGO...OSWEGO...JOLIET...GARY...VALPARAISO
151 AM CST WED MAR 5 2014
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING
TO NOON CST TODAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EARLY
THIS MORNING TO NOON CST TODAY.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING BEFORE DAYBREAK. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 5 AM AND 11 AM
CST...WITH NORTHERN AREAS SEEING SNOW FIRST FOLLOWED BY SOUTHERN
AREAS. LIGHTER INTENSITY SNOW MAY CONTINUE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON
BEYOND THE END TIME OF THE ADVISORY.
* ACCUMULATION...A TOTAL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED 4 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ACCUMULATION
RATES GENERALLY AROUND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR ARE ALSO EXPECTED.
BRIEF PERIODS OF HIGHER ACCUMULATION RATES OF THREE QUARTERS TO
ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.
* MAIN IMPACT...WITH THE BULK OF THE SNOW EXPECTED TO FALL DURING
THE MORNING COMMUTE...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND SLOW AND HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL ARE LIKELY.
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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