WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-LA SALLE-KENDALL-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...OTTAWA...OSWEGO
408 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
* TIMING...RAIN...MIXED WITH WET SNOW AT TIMES...WILL CHANGE TO ALL WET SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS...BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING IN INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ACROSS LEE...OGLE...KANE...DEKALB AND SOUTHERN MCHENRY COUNTIES.
* MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY FALL AT RATES GREATER THAN AN INCH PER HOUR AFTER 7 PM. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN QUICK ACCUMULATION OF WET SNOW ON ROADS...RESULTING IN SLIPPERY AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* OTHER IMPACTS...IN ADDITION TO ACCUMULATION AND SLIPPERY TRAVEL IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND WHIPPED HEAVY WET SNOW CAUSING SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS LATER THIS EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT. DUE TO THE HIGH LIQUID CONTENT OF THE SNOW...THOSE WITH HEALTH CONCERNS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING. THIS ALSO MAY LEAD TO WEIGHTED DOWN
BRANCHES AND POWER LINES.
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.
