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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
324 AM CST FRI NOV 20 2015
...SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATION EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS...
.THE FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW OF THE SEASON WILL UNFOLD ACROSS THE
REGION BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE DAY
SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY TRANSITION FROM A RAIN AND
SNOW MIX EARLY THIS EVENING TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT. WARM
GROUND TEMPERATURES...ESPECIALLY PAVEMENT...WILL INITIALLY LIMIT
ACCUMULATIONS ON SURFACES THIS EVENING. HOWEVER SNOWFALL RATES
ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AND
WILL ALLOW FOR SNOW TO ACCUMULATE AT A QUICKER RATE. SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY VARY FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES NEAR THE INTERSTATE 80
CORRIDOR...TO AS MUCH AS 8 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS. LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF SNOW...GENERALLY 2 TO 5 INCHES...ARE
LIKELY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN...INCLUDING
CHICAGO...DUE TO SLIGHTLY WARMER SURFACE TEMPERATURES.
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MCHENRY-LAKE IL-KANE-DUPAGE-LA SALLE-KENDALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN...AURORA...
WHEATON...OTTAWA...OSWEGO
324 AM CST FRI NOV 20 2015
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM
CST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THIS EVENING WILL TRANSITION TO A
WET SNOW AND PERSIST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY...WITH
SNOW BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES.
* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS
AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
* THE FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW OF THE YEAR CAN CATCH MOTORISTS
OFF GUARD. ENSURE TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY AND USE EXTRA CAUTION IF
TRAVELING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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COOK-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHICAGO
324 AM CST FRI NOV 20 2015
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM
CST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THIS EVENING WILL TRANSITION TO A
WET SNOW AND PERSIST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY...WITH
SNOW BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS NORTHWESTERN COOK AWAY
FROM LAKE MICHIGAN...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES NEAR THE LAKE INCLUDING
DOWNTOWN CHICAGO.
* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS
AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM THE
LAKE.
* THE FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW OF THE YEAR CAN CATCH MOTORISTS
OFF GUARD. ENSURE TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY AND USE EXTRA CAUTION IF
TRAVELING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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