WWUS43 KLOT 070324
WSWLOT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
924 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2015
...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS TO AFFECT THE AREA 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
924 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2015 /1024 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2015/
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /1 PM EST/
THURSDAY...
* WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL IMPROVE SLIGHTLY TO 25
BELOW TO 30 BELOW DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL FALL BACK TO 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO.
* IMPACTS...FROST BITE CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF 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 ONE 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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