WWUS43 KLOT 020300
WSWLOT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
900 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015
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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET
900 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
* TIMING...SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES OVERNIGHT WITH
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION 1 TO 2 INCHES NEAR
THE LAKE AND LESS THAN ONE INCH ELSEWHERE. STORM TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS 12 TO 18 INCHES.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES
TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS THIS EVENING.
* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.
THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL EXTRAORDINARILY DANGEROUS.
* SECONDARY IMPACT...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND
SNOW COVERED POWER LINES MAY LEAD TO ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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