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WSWLOT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1120 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-LIVINGSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...PONTIAC
1120 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
NOON CST MONDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...
FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY...
* TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY.
* WIND CHILL VALUES...20 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 INTO EARLY TUESDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SOME AREAS MAY SEE SNOW IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES.
* MAIN IMPACT...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED
RESULTING IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO
LESS THAN HALF A 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 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.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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