WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED; HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED NORTHEAST CHICAGOLAND NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE


    URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
    205 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012

    ...WINTER STORM TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...

    MCHENRY-LAKE IL-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-KENDALL-WILL-LAKE IN-PORTER-
    INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN...AURORA...
    WHEATON...CHICAGO...OSWEGO...JOLIET...GARY...VALPARAISO
    205 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012

    ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 9 AM
    CST FRIDAY...



    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
    WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH
    IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER
    STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

    * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MIDDAY THURSDAY AND CONTINUE
      INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

    * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

    * HAZARDS...IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW...WINDS WILL
      INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH BY THURSDAY
      EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS
      WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY
      IN OUTLYING AND OPEN AREAS. WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO FORECAST TO
      DROP TO NEAR ZERO.

    * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LIKELY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT
      FOR THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE THURSDAY...WITH TRAVEL CONDITIONS
      POSSIBLY BECOMING TREACHEROUS AND EVEN DANGEROUS IN OPEN AREAS
      THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

    A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
    VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
    BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
    AREAS.

    A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
    WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
    COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
    DRIVING.

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