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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
406 PM CST SUN DEC 8 2013

ILZ003>006-008-010>013-090115-
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON
406 PM CST SUN DEC 8 2013

...SNOW AND HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS INTO THE EARLY EVENING...

LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WITH VISIBILITY DOWN TO ONE HALF TO ONE
MILE AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS TIME WILL BE 1 TO 2
INCHES...HIGHEST NEAR THE WISCONSIN BORDER. SOME SNOWFALL TOTALS
THERE COULD REACH THE THREE TO FOUR INCH RANGE. UNTREATED ROAD
SURFACES ARE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK AND AS A RESULT...THERE HAVE
BEEN MANY TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUT IN YOUR
VEHICLE...USE PLENTY OF EXTRA CAUTION AND GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME
TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LATER THIS EVENING...AS THE SNOW TAPERS
OFF...PRECIPITATION MAY TRANSITION TO PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE.

$$

ILZ014-090115-
COOK-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHICAGO
406 PM CST SUN DEC 8 2013

...SNOW AND HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS INTO THE EARLY EVENING...

LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WITH VISIBILITY DOWN TO UNDER ONE MILE MILE
AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS TIME WILL UP TO ONE INCH OR
SO...HIGHEST NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90. UNTREATED AND ELEVATED
ROAD SURFACES ARE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK AND AS A RESULT...THERE
HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUT IN
YOUR VEHICLE...USE PLENTY OF EXTRA CAUTION AND GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA
TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. LATER THIS EVENING AS THE SNOW
TAPERS OFF...PRECIPITATION MAY TRANSITION TO PATCHY FREEZING
DRIZZLE.

$$

ILZ019>022-INZ001-002-090115-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-LAKE IN-PORTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...
GARY...VALPARAISO
406 PM CST SUN DEC 8 2013

...LIGHT SNOW AND HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS INTO THE EARLY
EVENING...

PRIMARILY LIGHT SNOW...WITH VISIBILITY IN THE 1 TO 3 MILE RANGE
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SLEET COULD MIX IN
AT TIMES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION
WILL BE UP TO HALF INCH TO MAYBE AN INCH...HIGHEST NEAR AND NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 80. UNTREATED AND ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES MAY BE SNOW
COVERED AND SLICK AND AS A RESULT...TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAVE
OCCURRED. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUT IN YOUR VEHICLE...ALLOW PLENTY OF
TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS
EVENING...PRECIPITATION MAY TRANSITION TO PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE.

$$

ILZ023-032-033-039-INZ010-011-019-090115-
KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...WATSEKA...PAXTON...
MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...FOWLER
406 PM CST SUN DEC 8 2013 /506 PM EST SUN DEC 8 2013/

...A WINTRY MIX AND HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS INTO THE EARLY
EVENING...

LIGHT SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...WILL OCCUR INTO
THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. VISIBILITY COULD FALL DOWN TO THE 1 TO 3
MILE RANGE AT TIMES. UNTREATED AND ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES COULD
BECOME SLICK...USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE HEADING OUT IN YOUR
VEHICLE. AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION MAY
TRANSITION TO PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE.

$$

RC

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