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WSWLOT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1209 PM CST SAT NOV 21 2015
...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW GRADUALLY ENDING THIS
FROM WEST TO EAST THIS 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
1209 PM CST SAT NOV 21 2015
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
* TIMING...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE MID
AFTERNOON.
* SNOWFALL RATES...UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.
* ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THIS AFTERNOON...1 TO 2 INCHES EAST
OF I-39 WHILE A DUSTING WEST.
* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AND SHARPLY REDUCED
VISIBILITY.
* OTHER IMPACTS...INCREASING WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH COMBINED WITH
THE HEAVY WEIGHT OF THE SNOW MAY CAUSE DOWNED BRANCHES AND POWER
LINES.
* THIS HAS BEEN A VERY HEAVY WET SNOW AND CAN BE DIFFICULT TO
SHOVEL ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HEALTH CONCERNS. WITH IT BEING THE
FIRST SNOW EVENT OF THE YEAR...USE CAUTION IF YOU MUST SHOVEL.
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. CONSIDER ONLY
TRAVELING 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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