Saturday, December 10, 2016

Winter Storm Warning for Mchenry Co., IL until 12:00 AM CST 12/12

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
339 PM CST SAT DEC 10 2016

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...


/O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161212T0600Z/
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
339 PM CST SAT DEC 10 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING SUNDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THE HEAVIEST TOTALS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 80 WHERE STORM TOTALS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY
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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