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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
347 AM CST MON FEB 29 2016
...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...
.FAST MOVING WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THIS EVENING
ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND OVERSPREAD ALL OF NORTHERN
ILLINOIS BY LATE THIS EVENING. THE MAIN AREAS IMPACTED ARE ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR IN NORTHERN
ILLINOIS...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL LOCATED ALONG THE FAR
NORTHERN COUNTIES OF ILLINOIS. BETWEEN THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR
AND THE NORTHERN ROW OF COUNTIES...A PERIOD OF SLEET...FREEZING
RAIN...AND SNOW WILL LIKELY CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS THROUGH THE TUESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR.
TEMPERATURES WILL EVENTUALLY COOL TUESDAY MORNING TO TRANSITION
ANY REMAINING SLEET...FREEZING RAIN TO ALL SNOW BEFORE ENDING
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
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MCHENRY-LAKE IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN
347 AM CST MON FEB 29 2016
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM
CST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. AT THE ONSET...PRECIPITATION MAY BRIEFLY START
AS A MIX OF RAIN OR SLEET THEN QUICKLY TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6
INCHES LIKELY. SNOWFALL TOTALS COULD BE LOCALLY HIGHER
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL GUST BETWEEN 25
TO 35 MPH AT TIMES. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY
WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO BETWEEN
ONE HALF MILE TO AT TIMES ONE QUARTER MILE. THIS WILL CAUSE
DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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