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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1155 AM CST SUN FEB 21 2021
ILZ006-012-013-019>021-103>108-INZ001-002-220200-
LAKE IL-KANE-DUPAGE-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-NORTHERN COOK-
CENTRAL COOK-SOUTHERN COOK-NORTHERN WILL-SOUTHERN WILL-
EASTERN WILL-LAKE IN-PORTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WAUKEGAN, BUFFALO GROVE, MUNDELEIN,
GURNEE, AURORA, ELGIN, NAPERVILLE, WHEATON, DOWNERS GROVE,
LOMBARD, CAROL STREAM, OTTAWA, STREATOR, LA SALLE, MENDOTA,
MARSEILLES, OSWEGO, YORKVILLE, PLANO, MORRIS, COAL CITY, MINOOKA,
EVANSTON, DES PLAINES, SCHAUMBURG, PALATINE, NORTHBROOK, CHICAGO,
CICERO, OAK LAWN, OAK PARK, LA GRANGE, CALUMET CITY, OAK FOREST,
LEMONT, ORLAND PARK, PARK FOREST, JOLIET, BOLINGBROOK,
PLAINFIELD, MOKENA, CHANNAHON, MANHATTAN, WILMINGTON, CRETE,
PEOTONE, BEECHER, GARY, HAMMOND, MERRILLVILLE, PORTAGE,
VALPARAISO, AND CHESTERTON
1155 AM CST SUN FEB 21 2021
..PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS THIS
AFTERNOON AND FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA BY EARLY THIS EVENING, WITH
SNOW TOTALS OF MAINLY 2 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED GENERALLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR.
HEAVY BURSTS OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES, INCLUDING RIGHT AT
THE INITIAL ONSET OF THE SNOW, WHICH MAY LOWER VISIBILITIES WELL
UNDER ONE MILE AT TIMES. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL LIKELY BECOME
SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. THE SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN
INTENSITY INTO THE EVENING HOURS AND SOME RAIN MAY BEGIN TO MIX IN
AS WELL, ESPECIALLY NEAR THE I-80 CORRIDOR.
ILZ003>005-008-010-011-220200-
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ROCKFORD, BELVIDERE, CRYSTAL LAKE,
ALGONQUIN, MCHENRY, WOODSTOCK, ROCHELLE, OREGON, BYRON, DIXON,
DEKALB, AND SYCAMORE
1155 AM CST SUN FEB 21 2021
..PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS
THIS AFTERNOON WHERE SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES ARE LIKELY, INCLUDING RIGHT AT THE INITIAL
ONSET OF THE SNOW, WHICH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES UNDER A HALF MILE
AT TIMES. SNOW RATES BRIEFLY IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND
SLIPPERY. THE SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY INTO THE
EVENING HOURS.
OGOREK
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