WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY LAKE COUNTY AND FAR NW SUBURBS


    URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
    411 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

    WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-
    INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
    WAUKEGAN
    411 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

    ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
    EVENING...



    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
    WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
    UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING.

    * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING AND
      CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY BEFORE ENDING LATER THIS
      AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

    * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 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 LATE MORNING. THE
      STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

    * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW COULD BEGIN EARLY ENOUGH TO RESULT
      IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE
      TODAY...WITH TRAVEL BECOMING MORE HAZARDOUS BY MID DAY.

    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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