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...PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY SNOW TO RESULT IN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT
TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...

ILZ003>005-008-010>012-019>021-032-039-180000-
/O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140218T0000Z/
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-LA SALLE-KENDALL-
GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-FORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...
PONTIAC...PAXTON
1210 PM CST MON FEB 17 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 10
INCHES.

* PRIMARY IMPACT...SNOW WILL OCCASIONALLY FALL VERY HEAVILY...
WITH SNOWFALL RATES IN SOME AREAS POSSIBLY REACHING A
CRIPPLING TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR FOR A TIME...ESPECIALLY
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BE SNOW COVERED
AND TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT WITH VISIBILITY REDUCED TO ZERO
AT TIMES. UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED THIS AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACT...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDER WITHIN THE HEAVIER
BANDS OF SNOW THIS AFTERNOON.

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.

&&

$$

ILZ006-013-014-022-023-033-INZ001-002-010-011-019-180215-
/O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140218T0300Z/
LAKE IL-DUPAGE-COOK-WILL-KANKAKEE-IROQUOIS-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-
JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKEGAN...WHEATON...CHICAGO...JOLIET...
KANKAKEE...WATSEKA...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...
FOWLER
1210 PM CST MON FEB 17 2014 /110 PM EST MON FEB 17 2014/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /10 PM
EST/ THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS EVENING.

* ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 10
INCHES PRIMARILY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

* PRIMARY IMPACT...SNOW WILL OCCASIONALLY FALL VERY HEAVILY...
WITH SNOWFALL RATES IN SOME AREAS POSSIBLY REACHING A
CRIPPLING TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR FOR A TIME THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT WITH VISIBILITY REDUCED TO ZERO AT TIMES.
UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED THIS AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACT...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDER WITHIN THE HEAVIER
BANDS OF SNOW THIS AFTERNOON.

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.

&&

$$

JEE

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