WWUS43 KLOT 201544
WSWLOT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
944 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. WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES...ESPECIALLY PAVEMENT...WILL
INITIALLY LIMIT ACCUMULATION 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.
/O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0005.151121T0300Z-151121T2100Z/
MCHENRY-LAKE IL-KANE-DUPAGE-LA SALLE-KENDALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN...AURORA...
WHEATON...OTTAWA...OSWEGO
944 AM CST FRI NOV 20 2015
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY...
* 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.
* SNOWFALL RATES...BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY
MORNING.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES.
* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AND
SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITY.
* 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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