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WSWLOT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
419 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
419 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS 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...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH THIS EVENING.
* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THEN BECOMING WEST NORTHWEST 25 TO 30
MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
* WIND CHILL VALUES...10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO.
* IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS TONIGHT WILL 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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