SNOW ADVISORY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
241 PM CST THU DEC 23 2010

...HOLIDAY SNOWSTORM TO IMPACT THE REGION ON FRIDAY...

.A WARM FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WILL BRING SNOW TO NORTHERN
ILLINOIS DURING ON FRIDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO BEGIN ACROSS NORTH-
CENTRAL ILLINOIS AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW
EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL
ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

COUNTY SPECIFIC MESSAGE:

/O.NEW.KLOT.WW.Y.0013.101224T0600Z-101225T0600Z/
WINNEBAGO-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-LA SALLE-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-
FORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...
OTTAWA...MORRIS...PONTIAC...WATSEKA...PAXTON
241 PM CST THU DEC 23 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING...THE SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT MOVING IN
FROM THE WEST AND OVERSPREADING NORTHEAST ILLINOIS. HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL WILL FALL IN MORNING HOURS WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW
CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6
INCHES GENERALLY WEST OF THE CHIGAGO METRO AREA WITH LOCALLY
HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* HAZARDS...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO
LESS THAN A HALF MILE AND CREATING SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS DURING A BUSY HOLIDAY TRAVEL DAY. BURSTS OF HEAVY
SNOWFALL WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP ROADWAYS
CLEAR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

AFFECTED COUNTIES:
IN ILLINOIS: DEKALB, FORD, GRUNDY, IROQUOIS, LA SALLE, LEE, LIVINGSTON, OGLE, WINNEBAGO.

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