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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
315 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2015
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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
KENDALL-WILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OSWEGO...JOLIET
315 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2015
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST SATURDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM CST EARLY THIS
MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
SATURDAY.
* WIND CHILL VALUES...20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH NOON
TODAY. THEN WIND CHILL VALUES WILL VARY BETWEEN 20 BELOW TO 30
BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON SATURDAY. SOME ISOLATED
LOCATIONS MAY SEE WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND 35 BELOW ZERO AT
TIMES OVERNIGHT.
* IMPACTS...FROST BITE CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES ON
EXPOSED SKIN. EXTENDED EXPOSURE WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING WILL
INCREASE THE RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA.
* OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH COULD LEAD TO NEAR WHITE
OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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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