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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-
DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL
-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWT
ON-JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELV
IDERE...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN...OREGON...D
IXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAG
O...OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...K
ANKAKEE...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...R
ENSSELAER
1131 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDN
ESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
..

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO H
AS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUG
H THURSDAY MORNING.

* TIMING...LIGHT SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
 WILL BEGIN DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. HE
 AVIEST FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM W
 EDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF
 ICE.

* HAZARDS...ACCUMULATION. SOME SLEET AND
 LIGHT SNOW MAY MIX AS PRECIPITATION BEG
 INS ON WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...GLAZING OF ROADWAYS...PARKING
 LOTS AND SIDEWALKS. THIS WILL MAKE FOR
 HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ON UNTREATED SURFACES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POT
ENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR
ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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