WWUS43 KLOT 290005
WSWLOT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
605 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015
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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA
605 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
* TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATING SLEET...FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH RAIN
WILL CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. ADDITIONAL MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE
OR SLEET POSSIBLE.
* 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 MAY 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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