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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
932 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...
WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...
FOWLER
932 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 /1032 PM EST SAT JAN 3 2015/
...DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH
THIS WEEK...
PATCHY DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO SNOW
OVERNIGHT...SOME OF WHICH WILL BE MODERATE IN INTENSITY. PERIODIC
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED...MAINLY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 80.
THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING SHOULD PREPARE
FOR PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY...SLICK CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW
AND ICE COVERED ROADS...AND LONGER TRAVEL TIMES.
WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY.
ANOTHER BOUT OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT...WITH A
PERIOD OF FAIRLY HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE
FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH UP TO 6 INCHES LOCALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE
80.
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...STRONG
WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS WHERE NEAR GROUND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE.
PLEASE MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES FOR THE EXPECTED WINTER
WEATHER THIS UPCOMING WEEK.
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