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WSWLOT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1208 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WINDS AND ICING TODAY...
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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
1208 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
* TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* MAIN IMPACT...A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW THIS MORNING WILL MIX IN
WITH FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON...BEFORE SLOWLY
TRANSITIONING TO RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR
HIGHER ARE LIKELY. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO
THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
* 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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