UPDATE:12:35 pm
The leading edge of the band of snow has crossed the state line and has moved into northern Illinois along a line from near Highland Park to Freeport . At Freeport in the northwest part of the state the visibility is down to 1/2 miles in moderate snow while at Rockford the visibility is 13/4 mile in light snow. Snow is also falling at Waukegan where the visibility has dropped to 2 miles and has just begun at Arlington Heights
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UPDATE:12:00 Noon
Madison, Wisconsin received about an inch of snow when the snow band passed through, and visibilities in the Milwaukee area have dropped to 1/4 to 1/2 mile in the snow. An observer about 5 miles southwest of Madison measured 1.4 inches of snow.
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A narrow band of moderate to heavy snow currently moving southeast through southern Wisconsin is headed for the Illinois border. At 11am the band of snow extended from the Milwaukee area southwest to Dubuque and was moving southeast at about 40 mph. The snow was reducing the visibility to as low as 1/2 miles in the areas of heaviest fall. Though not lasting long, a quick inch or two is snow is possible as the band moves through and it iwll create slippery roads and hazardous travel conditions.
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK- LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-LAKE IN-PORTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO... OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...GARY...VALPARAISO 1106 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2013 ...PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... A BAND OF SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN A ONE TO TWO HOUR PERIOD OF MODERATE TO POSSIBLY BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOWFALL. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO AREAS NEAR THE WISCONSIN BORDER AND FAR NORTHERN SUBURBS BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM AND AFFECT THE CHICAGO METRO AREA WEST TOWARD DEKALB BETWEEN 1 AND 4 PM. SNOWFALL TOTALS SHOULD AMOUNT TO GENERALLY LESS THAN 2 INCHES...BUT SNOWFALL RATES COULD EXCEED AN INCH PER HOUR WITH THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL. PERSONS TRAVELING THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER BRIEF BUT POSSIBLY INTENSE SNOWFALL AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY LEAVING EXTRA TIME TO GET TO INTENDED DESTINATIONS.
