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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
424 PM CST WED JAN 14 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
/1 AM EST/ TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /1 PM
EST/ FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /1 PM EST/
FRIDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/ TONIGHT.

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW THAT FELL TODAY...PARTICULARLY IN
MORE OPEN RURAL AND OUTLYING AREAS.

IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET TONIGHT TO 10 TO 15 BELOW
ZERO. THIS...COMBINED WITH A BITING NORTHWEST WIND WILL CREATE
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. THURSDAY
NIGHT WILL BE EVEN COLDER WITH LOWS APPROACHING 20 BELOW IN SOME
AREAS...THOUGH WIND SPEEDS WILL BE DIMINISHING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW.
TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL 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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