WWUS83 KLOT 090124
SPSLOT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
824 PM CDT FRI APR 8 2016
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...
ELGIN...WHEATON...CHICAGO
824 PM CDT FRI APR 8 2016
...BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS THIS
EVENING...
AT 820 PM CDT...AN AREA OF INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WAS OVER SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. THESE SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOVE
INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS AFTER 830 PM CDT...AND MAY BRING A BRIEF
PERIOD OF NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...AND
QUICK ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW UP TO AN INCH IN SOME SPOTS. SNOW
SHOWERS SHOULD REACH THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR BETWEEN ROCKFORD
AND CHICAGO BY ABOUT 930 PM CDT...AND THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF CHICAGO BY 11 PM CDT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
FALLING TO OR BELOW THE FREEZING MARK...WITH SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS
ON ROADS POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. MOTORISTS SHOULD
BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW...AND WATCH FOR POSSIBLE SLICK SPOTS.
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