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...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS TO LAST THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
071745-
/O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150108T1800Z/
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...
WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...
FOWLER
340 AM CST WED JAN 7 2015 /440 AM EST WED JAN 7 2015/

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /1 PM EST/
THURSDAY...

* WIND CHILL VALUES...AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING WITH SOME
IMPROVEMENT TO 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND
CHILL VALUES TONIGHT WILL FALL BACK TO 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...FROST BITE CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES ON
EXPOSED SKIN. EXTENDED EXPOSURE WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING WILL
INCREASE THE RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA.

* STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WHICH MAY
REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES AS WELL AS
CAUSE DRIFTING OF RECENTLY FALLEN SNOW ACROSS MAINLY RURAL
ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD
AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT
IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE
NOT TAKEN. BRING PETS INDOORS.

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