URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
343 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2015
…DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS TO AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING…
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-
JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ROCKFORD…BELVIDERE…WOODSTOCK…
WAUKEGAN…OREGON…DIXON…DEKALB…AURORA…WHEATON…CHICAGO…
OTTAWA…OSWEGO…MORRIS…JOLIET…KANKAKEE…GARY…
VALPARAISO…MOROCCO…RENSSELAER
343 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2015
…WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST
THURSDAY…
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST
THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* WIND CHILL VALUES…30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. WIND
CHILL VALUES WILL IMPROVE SLIGHTLY TO 25 TO 30 BELOW DURING THE
DAY WEDNESDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL FALL BACK
TO BETWEEN 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO.
* IMPACTS…FROST BITE WILL OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 15 MINUTES ON
EXPOSED SKIN. EXTENDED EXPOSURE WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING WILL
INCREASE THE RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA.
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.
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