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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1055 AM CST SAT DEC 10 2016
...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...
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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-LA SALLE-KENDALL-
GRUNDY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...ELGIN...OTTAWA...OSWEGO...
MORRIS
1055 AM CST SAT DEC 10 2016
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN
DIMINISH BY SUNDAY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THE HEAVIEST TOTALS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 88 WHERE STORM TOTALS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY
SUNDAY EVENING. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 88 TO THE I-80 CORRIDOR
TOTALS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW
AMOUNTS SHOULD TAPPER OFF SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 INTO THE 3 TO 6
INCH RANGE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE WARNING
AREA...WHERE THE SNOW COULD MIX WITH RAIN LATER SUNDAY.
* VISIBILITIES...LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING THE
HEAVIER SNOWFALL...LIKELY BELOW A MILE AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING 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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