WWUS43 KLOT 062209
WSWLOT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
409 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2015
...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS TO AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
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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
409 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2015 /509 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2015/
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM
EST/ TONIGHT TO NOON CST /1 PM EST/ THURSDAY...
* WIND CHILL VALUES...30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL IMPROVE
SLIGHTLY TO 25 TO 30 BELOW DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. WIND
CHILL VALUES WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL FALL BACK TO BETWEEN 30 TO
40 BELOW ZERO.
* IMPACTS...FROST BITE WILL OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 15 MINUTES ON
EXPOSED SKIN. EXTENDED EXPOSURE WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING WILL
INCREASE THE RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA.
* STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WHICH MAY
REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES AS WELL AS
CAUSE DRIFTING OF RECENTLY FALLEN SNOW ACROSS MAINLY RURAL
ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD
AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT
IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE
NOT TAKEN. BRING PETS INDOORS.
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