SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1011 AM CST WED FEB 6 2013

ILZ003-004-008-010>014-019>022-INZ001-002-062100-
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-
KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-LAKE IN-PORTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...OREGON...DIXON...
DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO​...OTTAWA...OS WEGO...MORRIS...
JOLIET...GARY...VALPARAISO
1011 AM CST WED FEB 6 2013

...WINTERY MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ON THURSDAY...

A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS THE AREA VERY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING. THE WINTRY MIX APPEARS THAT IT MAY QUICKLY CHANGE
TO ALL SNOW BY MID TO LATE MORNING ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE
88...WITH AREAS SOUTH POSSIBLY TRANSITIONING TO SNOW DURING THE
AFTERNOON. UNCERTAINTY REMAINS WITH THIS SYSTEM...AS TEMPERATURES
WILL BE MARGINAL. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT MODERATE
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 88. SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE...NAMELY THURSDAY MORNING. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL
ACROSS THE REGION ARE URGED TO STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST
FORECAST INFORMATION WITH THIS SYSTEM...AS THINGS MAY CHANGE.

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KJB