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WSWLOT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
232 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015
...STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT...
/O.EXT.KLOT.WS.W.0002.150201T0000Z-150202T0600Z/
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-LA SALLE-KENDALL-
GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...
PONTIAC
232 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...
* TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY START
AS RAIN OR A RAIN SNOW MIX...ESPECIALLY THE FARTHER SOUTH YOU GO
FROM INTERSTATE 80.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED BY SUNDAY NIGHT.
* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.
SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO AIR TRAVEL ARE ALSO LIKELY.
* OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY IN
EXCESS OF 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP MIDDAY SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO
SUNDAY EVENING. THIS WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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