Thursday, November 19, 2015

Winter Storm Watch for Mchenry Co., IL until 12:00 PM CST 11/21

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
346 AM CST THU NOV 19 2015

...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL QUICKLY MOVE EAST OF THE ROCKIES
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND APPROACH THE REGION FRIDAY EVENING.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO STEADILY DEVELOP AND OVERSPREAD
NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AROUND SUNSET. AT THE ONSET TEMPERATURES WILL
BE WARM ENOUGH TO LIMIT PRECIPITATION AS A RAIN SNOW MIX...THEN
QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW. GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL
INITIALLY LIMIT ACCUMULATIONS ON SURFACES...HOWEVER AS THE SYSTEM
STRENGTHENS OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
SATURDAY SNOW WILL QUICKLY BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THE POTENTIAL FOR
4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW CURRENTLY EXISTS IN THE WATCH AREAS...BUT
THE PRECISE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
LIKELY CAUSE SNOWFALL TOTALS TO FLUCTUATE.


/O.NEW.KLOT.WS.A.0004.151121T0000Z-151121T1800Z/
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA
346 AM CST THU NOV 19 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING.

* TIMING...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AND
REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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