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WSWLOT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
234 PM 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
234 PM 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...
* TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
* WIND CHILL VALUES...15 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 THROUGH THE PREDAWN HOURS TUESDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SOME AREAS POSSIBLY SEEING OVER 6 INCHES.
* MAIN IMPACT...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED RESULTING
IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO AROUND ONE
QUARTER 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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