Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
545 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-020-022-100145-
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
KENDALL-WILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OSWEGO...JOLIET
545 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

...AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW OVERSPREADING NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS AT RUSH HOUR...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN
ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA THROUGH TONIGHT.

SNOW INTENSITY HAS INCREASED ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS...ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 88.
RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATE LAKE ENHANCEMENT OF THE SNOW
IS OCCURRING AND IS SPREADING SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS.

SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCASIONALLY INCREASE TO 1 TO 2 INCHES PER
HOUR AS THESE HEAVIER LAKE EFFECT BANDS MOVE INLAND ACROSS
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS EVENING.


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