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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
258 PM CST THU FEB 19 2015
...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...
.THE COMBINATION OF RADIATIVE COOLING WITH LIGHT WINDS THROUGH THE
EVENING WILL LEAD TO TEMPERATURES DROPPING WELL BELOW ZERO. WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS...INTO FRIDAY
MORNING...WHICH WHEN COMBINED WITH THE VERY COLD AIR WILL LEAD TO
WIND CHILL READINGS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 BELOW ZERO.
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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...
WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...
FOWLER
258 PM CST THU FEB 19 2015 /358 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015/
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CST /2 AM EST/ TO
10 AM CST /11 AM EST/ FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CST TO 10 AM CST FRIDAY.
* WIND CHILL VALUES...20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO.
* OTHER 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 WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH THE
VERY COLD AIR TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. 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. BRING PETS INDOORS.
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