Sunday, December 27, 2015

Winter Storm Warning for Mchenry Co., IL until 06:00 PM CST 12/28

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
307 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015


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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-LA SALLE-
KENDALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...OTTAWA...OSWEGO
307 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* MAIN IMPACT...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP MONDAY
MORNING...GRADUALLY CHANGING TO RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL
RESULT IN A HEIGHTENED RISK OF POWER OUTAGES ANYWHERE ICE HAS
ACCUMULATED ON POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS.

* OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DANGEROUS WITH ICE COVERED
ROADS. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CAUSE TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES TO
BECOME WEIGHTED...WITH STRONG WINDS POTENTIALLY RESULTING IN
SIGNIFICANT POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND ICE
ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

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