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WSWLOT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
919 PM CST FRI NOV 20 2015
...SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION
EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS...
.THE FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW OF THE SEASON HAS BEGUN TO UNFOLD
ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF
THE DAY SATURDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES HAVE ALREADY
PRODUCED ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING
AREA...AND ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD
OVERNIGHT. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING WITH STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS POTENTIALLY AROUND A
FOOT IN SOME AREAS...BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF FROM WEST TO EAST
DURING THE AFTERNOON.
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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...OTTAWA...
OSWEGO
919 PM CST FRI NOV 20 2015
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST
SATURDAY...
* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING AND WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY
AT TIMES TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.
* SNOWFALL RATES...BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY
MORNING.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION...7 TO 13 INCHES.
* IMPACTS...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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