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ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-INZ001-002-310445-
/O.NEW.KLOT.WS.A.0002.140201T0600Z-140202T0000Z/
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-LAKE IN-PORTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...GARY...
VALPARAISO
236 PM CST THU JAN 30 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY
EVENING...PRODUCING AROUND 1 INCH OF ACCUMULATION. THE SNOW WILL
INCREASE IN INTENSITY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH A PERIOD OF
HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AFTER SUNRISE SATURDAY. THE SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO END BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ALONG AND SOUTH OF A PONTIAC TO KANKAKEE
TO VALPARAISO LINE.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 INCHES OR MORE IS EXPECTED.

* SNOW FALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE MID
MORNING SATURDAY.

* SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES MAY MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING.

* TRAVEL THROUGH CHICAGO O'HARE AND MIDWAY AIRPORTS COULD ALSO BE
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

ILZ033-039-INZ010-011-019-310445-
/O.NEW.KLOT.WS.A.0002.140201T0600Z-140202T0000Z/
IROQUOIS-FORD-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATSEKA...PAXTON...MOROCCO...
RENSSELAER...FOWLER
236 PM CST THU JAN 30 2014 /336 PM EST THU JAN 30 2014/

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY
EVENING...PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. THE SNOW
WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS SATURDAY
THEN TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH SLEET
ALSO POSSIBLE...BEFORE CHANGING TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AFTER
SUNRISE SATURDAY. AS TEMPERATURES WARM TO NEAR FREEZING
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE PRECIPITATION MAY MIX WITH RAIN.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 INCHES OR MORE IS POSSIBLE.
ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE QUARTER INCH IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

* SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

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