WSWLOT

...ACCUMULATING SNOW OF SEVERAL INCHES LIKELY SATURDAY EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

ILZ003-004-008-010-011-019>021-032-039-310045-
/O.NEW.KLOT.WS.A.0002.150201T0000Z-150202T0600Z/
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-
LIVINGSTON-FORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...OREGON...DIXON...
DEKALB...OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...PONTIAC...PAXTON
1037 AM CST FRI JAN 30 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY EVENING
AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

* SNOW AMOUNTS...POTENTIAL FOR GREATER THAN 6 INCHES NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 88...AND POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 88.

* MAIN IMPACT...PERIODS OF SNOW COULD LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITES
UNDER A MILE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS...MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

* OTHER IMPACTS...NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE
AREA ON SUNDAY...AND THIS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.

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.

&&

$$

ILZ005-006-012>014-022-023-033-INZ001-002-010-011-019-310045-
/O.NEW.KLOT.WS.A.0002.150201T0300Z-150202T1200Z/
MCHENRY-LAKE IL-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-WILL-KANKAKEE-IROQUOIS-LAKE IN-
PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN...AURORA...
WHEATON...CHICAGO...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...WATSEKA...GARY...
VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...FOWLER
1037 AM CST FRI JAN 30 2015 /1137 AM EST FRI JAN 30 2015/

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

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

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING AND
CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW AMOUNTS...POTENTIAL FOR GREATER THAN 6 INCHES NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 88...AND POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 88.

* MAIN IMPACT...PERIODS OF SNOW COULD LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITES
UNDER A MILE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS...MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

* OTHER IMPACTS...NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE
AREA ON SUNDAY...AND THIS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.

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.

&&

$$

KJB

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