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WSWLOT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
309 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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA
309 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
* TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATING FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE
FOR AT LEAST PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA THROUGH THE EARLY
EVENING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH
AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE.
* WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGHAS 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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