WARMING CENTER AT POLICE STATION WILL BE OPEN. Wind chill warning National Weather Service Monday, January 27, 2014 3:00 AM Local Time MCHENRY-LAKE IL-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-WILL-KANKAKEE-LAKE IN-PORTER- NEWTON-JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN...AURORA... WHEATON...CHICAGO...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...GARY...VALPARAISO... MOROCCO...RENSSELAER 317 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WHICH AT TIMES MAY BE HEAVY THIS EVENING. BLOWING SNOW BECOMING RAPIDLY MORE WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...AROUND AN INCH POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WHICH ALONG WITH A PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING...MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. * OTHER IMPACTS...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FREEZING OF WET ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED ONES..DURING THIS EVENING. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING... * TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. 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. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 00:00:20 +0000
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