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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
249 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015
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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO
249 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
* WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.
* MAIN IMPACT...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES UNDER
THESE CONDITIONS.
FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH...
* TIMING...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE PREDAWN HOURS TUESDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES.
* MAIN IMPACT...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED
RESULTING IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO
AROUND ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...THE DRY NATURE OF THE SNOW AND INCREASING
WINDS EARLY TUESDAY MAY RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW... PARTICULARLY IN OPEN AREAS...EVEN AFTER SNOWFALL HAS
ENDED.
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.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH THE
VERY COLD AIR TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
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