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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
329 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008
...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO
FRIDAY MORNING...
.ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE
MIDWEST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THIS
STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SNOW...FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWESTERN INDIANA.
THE LATEST INDICATIONS SUGGEST THE STORM SYSTEM IS TRACKING A BIT
FARTHER SOUTHWARD...WHICH WOULD LIMIT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND
INCREASE THE RISK OF HEAVIER SNOW ACROSS FAR NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS INTO THE FAR NORTHERN SUBURBS OF CHICAGO. IT STILL
APPEARS AS THOUGH SIGNIFICANT ICING IS POSSIBLE ROUGHLY ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DIXON TO ELGIN TO CHICAGO. THE GREATEST ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
80...WHERE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MORE LIMITED.
TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION MAY EXCEED ONE HALF INCH IN SOME
LOCATIONS. ICE ACCUMULATION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL CAUSE DAMAGE
TO POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS ON MANY
AREA ROADS.
ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>022-INZ001-002-180530-
/O.UPG.KLOT.WS.A.0007.081218T2100Z-081219T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KLOT.WS.W.0007.081218T2100Z-081219T1800Z/
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-LAKE IN-PORTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN...
OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...CHICAGO...OTTAWA...OSWEGO...
MORRIS...JOLIET...GARY...VALPARAISO
329 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM
THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS SNOW LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. BY THURSDAY EVENING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
BECOME A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS FAR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
INTO THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF CHICAGO...AND A MIX OF SLEET...SNOW
AND FREEZING RAIN ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 88...EVENTUALLY
TRANSITIONING TO MAINLY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 80. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MID MORNING FRIDAY OF 6
TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE CLOSER TO THE ILLINOIS WISCONSIN
STATE LINE TAPERING TO 2 TO 4 INCHES CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 80...AND
LESSER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THE LOCATIONS
WITH LESSER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE GREATER ICE
ACCUMULATIONS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING WILL RANGE FROM LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH CLOSER TO THE
ILLINOIS WISCONSIN STATE LINE TO AROUND A HALF INCH OR GREATER
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...ICE...OR STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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