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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
206 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015
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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
KENDALL-WILL-LAKE IN-PORTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OSWEGO...JOLIET...GARY...VALPARAISO
206 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY...
* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING...LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
* SNOW AMOUNTS...GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH AS MUCH AS 3
INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE WISCONSIN STATE LINE OF NORTHEASTERN
ILLINOIS.
* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 40 TO 45 MPH LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
* WIND CHILL VALUES...10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO.
* IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS TONIGHT COULD RESULT IN
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH COULD LEAD TO
NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS...MAKING TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS.
* ADDITIONAL IMPACTS...FROST BITE CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF
MINUTES ON EXPOSED SKIN. EXTENDED EXPOSURE WITHOUT PROPER
CLOTHING WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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