Alert archive / Illinois / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this winter storm warning at Feb 12, 2007, 4:23 AM CST for 12 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Feb 13, 2007, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 31 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2007, 4:23 AM CST (10:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2007, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2007, 7:29 AM CST
- In force
- 31 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
Counties DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Ford County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Lake County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Benton County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Lake County, IN, Newton County, IN, Porter County, IN
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 Nne Sugar Grove, IL | COCORAHS REPORT |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Marseilles, IL | |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 3 N Carbon Hill, IL | COCORAHS REPORT |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 4 Nnw Coal City, IL | |
| Feb 13, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Remington, IN | |
| Feb 13, 6:11 AM CST | SNOW 0 | E Mendota, IL | I-39 MILE MARKER 72.5 SEMI TRAILER JACKKNIFED INTO OVERPASS PILLAR. MILE MARKER 75.0 SEMI TRAILER IN DITCH. |
| Feb 13, 6:11 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Kankakee, IL | |
| Feb 13, 6:11 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Yorkville, IL | |
| Feb 13, 6:11 AM CST | SNOW 3.1 | Dixon, IL | |
| Feb 13, 6:11 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Morris, IL | |
| Feb 13, 6:11 AM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Herscher, IL | |
| Feb 13, 6:11 AM CST | SNOW 4.1 | Iroquois, IL | |
| Feb 13, 6:45 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 Nne Long Grove, IL | COCORAHS REPORT |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.1 | 2 Se Yorkville, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.2 | Steward, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.3 | 5 Nne Valparaiso, IN | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Kankakee, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Mundelein, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Elgin, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Sse Bourbonnais, IL | COCORAHS REPORT |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Bourbonnais, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Genoa, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 Nw Ottawa, IL | COCORAHS REPORT |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Chatsworth, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Dwight, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Ottawa, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Paw Paw, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Ssw De Kalb, IL | COCORAHS REPORT |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Watseka, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Wheaton, IN | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.4 | Peru, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | De Kalb, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Elburn, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Fairbury, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | St. Anne, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 Ene Geneva, IL | COCORAHS REPORT |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 7 Nw St. Charles, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Winfield, IL | |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.1 | 3 Wsw Batavia, IL | COCORAHS REPORT |
| Feb 13, 7:05 AM CST | SNOW 1.7 | N Oglesby, IL | COCORAHS REPORT |
| Feb 13, 7:25 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Ene Bourbonnais, IL | COCORAHS REPORT |
| Feb 13, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 S Elgin, IL | COCORAHS REPORT |
| Feb 13, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Oak Brook, IL | |
| Feb 13, 8:11 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Paxton, IL | |
| Feb 13, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Nne Sheridan, IL | COCORAHS REPORT |
| Feb 13, 11:04 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Winfield, IL | |
| Feb 13, 11:14 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Lake Village, IN | THE SNOW PLOWS CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON THE ROADS IN NEWTON COUNTY DUE TO THE WINTRY CONDITIONS SO ARE TAKING THE PLOWS OF THE ROADS. |
| Feb 13, 11:51 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Bonfield, IL | 3.5 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE 7AM. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. |
| Feb 13, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Kankakee, IL | 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. STORM TOTAL IS 5.2. |
| Feb 13, 1:51 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Bonfield, IL | 7 INCHES STORM TOTAL AS OF 130PM. |
| Feb 13, 2:00 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Naperville, IL | WIND GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH. COMBINATION HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY OCCASIONALY GOING BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. |
| Feb 13, 2:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Winfield, IL | 1.5 OF NEW SNOWFALL OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. STORM TOTAL 5.5. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY IS ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. |
| Feb 13, 2:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Pontiac, IL | PONTIAC ISP6. VISIBILITY IS LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. VEHICLES ARE STRANDED AND IN DITCHES. INTERMITTENT HIGHWAY CLOSURES. |
| Feb 13, 2:39 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Kankakee, IL | 2 MORE INCHES OF SNOW SINCE 12PM. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. STORM TOTAL 7.2 INCHES. |
| Feb 13, 2:39 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Ashkum, IL | IROQUIOS COUNTY ISP21. VISIBILITY HALF A BLOCK. EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ESTIMATED 8 INCHES. |
| Feb 13, 2:39 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Ottawa, IL | ISP17 LASALLE COUNTY. EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW. STORM TOTAL 4 INCHES. A FEW JACKNIFED SEMI TRAILERS AND VEHICLES IN DITCHES. |
| Feb 13, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Rensselaer, IN | STORM TOTAL 8 INCHES. ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY. |
| Feb 13, 3:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Morris, IL | ROADS EXTREMELY SLICK DUE TO SNOWPACK. SNOWPLOWS UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Feb 13, 3:06 PM CST | SNOW 0 | 7 W Streator, IL | *** 1 FATAL *** LASALLE COUNTY ISP 17. MULTI VEHICLE CRASH ROUTE 18 AND 10TH. ROUTE 18 CLOSED. |
| Feb 13, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Cedar Lake, IN | VEHICLES IN DITCHES AND VISIBILITY LOW AND ROADS SNOW PACKED ALONG 41. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KLOT 121023 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 423 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS MORNING BUT A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY... .LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER TO FLURRIES THIS MORNING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WEAKENS ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION. MEANWHILE...A SECOND AND MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS MONDAY. THIS STORM IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TO THE OHIO VALLEY MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. SNOW WITH THIS SECOND SYSTEM WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA TONIGHT...WITH THE SNOW TAPERING OFF BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SECOND SYSTEM MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 88. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ILZ019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-121830- /O.UPG.KLOT.WS.A.0002.070213T0000Z-070214T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOT.WS.W.0002.070213T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD- LAKE-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OTTAWA...STREATOR...PERU...LA SALLE... MENDOTA...MARSEILLES...OSWEGO...BOULDER HILL...YORKVILLE... PLANO...MORRIS...COAL CITY...JOLIET...BOLINGBROOK...KANKAKEE... BOURBONNAIS...BRADLEY...PONTIAC...DWIGHT...FAIRBURY...WATSEKA... GILMAN...ONARGA...PAXTON...GARY...HAMMOND...EAST CHICAGO... MERRILLVILLE...PORTAGE...VALPARAISO...CHESTERTON...KENTLAND... MOROCCO...GOODLAND...BROOK...RENSSELAER...DE MOTTE...FOWLER... OXFORD...BOSWELL 423 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 /523 AM EST MON FEB 12 2007/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/ THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/ TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/ THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/ TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 13 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF A PONTIAC...TO WATSEKA...TO RENSSELAER LINE...WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES FURTHER TO THE NORTH ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG WITH VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ010>014-121830- /O.NEW.KLOT.WS.W.0002.070213T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DIXON...SYCAMORE...SANDWICH...GENOA... AURORA...ELGIN...NAPERVILLE...WHEATON...DOWNERS GROVE... ELMHURST...LOMBARD...CAROL STREAM...HANOVER PARK...CHICAGO 423 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHERN ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY MORNING...WITH THE SNOW TAPERING OFF LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ003>006-008-121800- /O.NEW.KLOT.SB.Y.0001.070213T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070212T1800Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE-OGLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...CRYSTAL LAKE... ALGONQUIN...LAKE IN THE HILLS...MCHENRY...WOODSTOCK...CARY... WAUKEGAN...BUFFALO GROVE...NORTH CHICAGO...HIGHLAND PARK... MUNDELEIN...GURNEE...ROUND LAKE BEACH...ROCHELLE...OREGON... MOUNT MORRIS...BYRON...POLO 423 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING...BUT THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER TO FLURRIES BY MID MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS TO FLURRIES...WITH THE GREATER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE ILLINOIS WISCONSIN STATELINE. SLICK ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH THE SNOW. A MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN ILLINOIS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHERN ILLINOIS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY WITH THE SNOW TAPERING OFF BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
13 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KLOT 121226 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 626 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY. THIS STORM IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TO THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA TONIGHT...WITH THE SNOW TAPERING OFF BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 88. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ILZ003>006-008-122030- /O.CAN.KLOT.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070212T1800Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.SB.Y.0001.070213T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE-OGLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...CRYSTAL LAKE... ALGONQUIN...LAKE IN THE HILLS...MCHENRY...WOODSTOCK...CARY... WAUKEGAN...BUFFALO GROVE...NORTH CHICAGO...HIGHLAND PARK... MUNDELEIN...GURNEE...ROUND LAKE BEACH...ROCHELLE...OREGON... MOUNT MORRIS...BYRON...POLO 626 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW HAS TAPERED TO FLURRIES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS EARLY THIS MORNING. LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A MORE POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN ILLINOIS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHERN ILLINOIS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY WITH THE SNOW TAPERING OFF BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ILZ010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-122030- /O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0002.070213T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL- KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER- BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DIXON...SYCAMORE...SANDWICH...GENOA... AURORA...ELGIN...NAPERVILLE...WHEATON...DOWNERS GROVE... ELMHURST...LOMBARD...CAROL STREAM...HANOVER PARK...CHICAGO... OTTAWA...STREATOR...PERU...LA SALLE...MENDOTA...MARSEILLES... OSWEGO...BOULDER HILL...YORKVILLE...PLANO...MORRIS...COAL CITY... JOLIET...BOLINGBROOK...KANKAKEE...BOURBONNAIS...BRADLEY... PONTIAC...DWIGHT...FAIRBURY...WATSEKA...GILMAN...ONARGA... PAXTON...GARY...HAMMOND...EAST CHICAGO...MERRILLVILLE...PORTAGE... VALPARAISO...CHESTERTON...KENTLAND...MOROCCO...GOODLAND...BROOK... RENSSELAER...DE MOTTE...FOWLER...OXFORD...BOSWELL 626 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 /726 AM EST MON FEB 12 2007/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/ THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/ TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/ THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/ TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 13 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF A PONTIAC...TO WATSEKA...TO RENSSELAER LINE...WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES FURTHER TO THE NORTH ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG WITH VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
000 WWUS43 KLOT 121649 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 1049 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS STORM IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TUESDAY. SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA TONIGHT...WITH THE SNOW TAPERING OFF BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 35 MPH OR MORE WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ILZ010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-130100- /O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0002.070213T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL- KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER- BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DIXON...SYCAMORE...SANDWICH...GENOA... AURORA...ELGIN...NAPERVILLE...WHEATON...DOWNERS GROVE... ELMHURST...LOMBARD...CAROL STREAM...HANOVER PARK...CHICAGO... OTTAWA...STREATOR...PERU...LA SALLE...MENDOTA...MARSEILLES... OSWEGO...BOULDER HILL...YORKVILLE...PLANO...MORRIS...COAL CITY... JOLIET...BOLINGBROOK...KANKAKEE...BOURBONNAIS...BRADLEY... PONTIAC...DWIGHT...FAIRBURY...WATSEKA...GILMAN...ONARGA... PAXTON...GARY...HAMMOND...EAST CHICAGO...MERRILLVILLE...PORTAGE... VALPARAISO...CHESTERTON...KENTLAND...MOROCCO...GOODLAND...BROOK... RENSSELAER...DE MOTTE...FOWLER...OXFORD...BOSWELL 1049 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 /1149 AM EST MON FEB 12 2007/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/ THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/ TUESDAY NIGHT... LATEST COMPUTER GUIDANCE AND CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY SUGGESTS THE DEVELOPING WINTER STORM IS STILL ON ITS FORECAST TRACK. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...BEGINNING SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 BY MIDNIGHT...THEN SPREADING NORTHWARD TO THE WISCONSIN LINE BY AROUND 3 AM. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 13 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF A PONTIAC...TO WATSEKA...TO RENSSELAER LINE...WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES FURTHER TO THE NORTH ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING IN SOME AREAS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE LATE TONIGHT WITH VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. $$ ILZ003>006-008-130100- /O.CON.KLOT.SB.Y.0001.070213T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE-OGLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...CRYSTAL LAKE... ALGONQUIN...LAKE IN THE HILLS...MCHENRY...WOODSTOCK...CARY... WAUKEGAN...BUFFALO GROVE...NORTH CHICAGO...HIGHLAND PARK... MUNDELEIN...GURNEE...ROUND LAKE BEACH...ROCHELLE...OREGON... MOUNT MORRIS...BYRON...POLO 1049 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN ILLINOIS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. LATEST COMPUTER GUIDANCE AND CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY SUGGESTS THE DEVELOPING WINTER STORM IS STILL ON ITS FORECAST TRACK. THIS MEANS SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHERN ILLINOIS LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...BEGINNING BY AROUND 3 AM. SNOW WILL THEN CONINUE INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY EVENING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. $$ MERZLOCK
000 WWUS43 KLOT 122154 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 354 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT...AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. THIS STORM IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA LATE TONIGHT WITH THE SNOW TAPERING OFF BY TUESDAY EVENING. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 35 MPH OR MORE WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ILZ010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-130600- /O.EXT.KLOT.WS.W.0002.070213T0600Z-070214T0600Z/ LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL- KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER- BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DIXON...SYCAMORE...SANDWICH...GENOA... AURORA...ELGIN...NAPERVILLE...WHEATON...DOWNERS GROVE... ELMHURST...LOMBARD...CAROL STREAM...HANOVER PARK...CHICAGO... OTTAWA...STREATOR...PERU...LA SALLE...MENDOTA...MARSEILLES... OSWEGO...BOULDER HILL...YORKVILLE...PLANO...MORRIS...COAL CITY... JOLIET...BOLINGBROOK...KANKAKEE...BOURBONNAIS...BRADLEY... PONTIAC...DWIGHT...FAIRBURY...WATSEKA...GILMAN...ONARGA... PAXTON...GARY...HAMMOND...EAST CHICAGO...MERRILLVILLE...PORTAGE... VALPARAISO...CHESTERTON...KENTLAND...MOROCCO...GOODLAND...BROOK... RENSSELAER...DE MOTTE...FOWLER...OXFORD...BOSWELL 354 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 /454 PM EST MON FEB 12 2007/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/ TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/ TUESDAY NIGHT... SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...BEGINNING SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 BY MIDNIGHT...THEN SPREADING NORTHWARD TO THE WISCONSIN LINE BY AROUND 3 AM. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF A PONTIAC...TO WATSEKA...TO RENSSELAER LINE...WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES FURTHER TO THE NORTH ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING IN SOME AREAS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE LATE TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 10 PM THIS EVENING. $$ ILZ003>006-008-130600- /O.EXT.KLOT.SB.Y.0001.070213T0600Z-070214T0600Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE-OGLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...CRYSTAL LAKE... ALGONQUIN...LAKE IN THE HILLS...MCHENRY...WOODSTOCK...CARY... WAUKEGAN...BUFFALO GROVE...NORTH CHICAGO...HIGHLAND PARK... MUNDELEIN...GURNEE...ROUND LAKE BEACH...ROCHELLE...OREGON... MOUNT MORRIS...BYRON...POLO 354 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHERN ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT...BEGINNING BY AROUND 3 AM. SNOW WILL THEN CONINUE INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY EVENING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS NEW SNOW...IN ADDITION TO THE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF FRESH POWDER FROM LAST NIGHTS SNOW...WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS...TO CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 10 PM THIS AFTERNOON. $$ MERZLOCK
000 WWUS43 KLOT 130411 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 1011 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT...AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. THIS STORM IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH THE SNOW TAPERING OFF BY TUESDAY EVENING. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 35 MPH OR MORE WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ILZ010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-131215- /O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0002.070213T0600Z-070214T0600Z/ LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL- KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER- BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DIXON...SYCAMORE...SANDWICH...GENOA... AURORA...ELGIN...NAPERVILLE...WHEATON...DOWNERS GROVE... ELMHURST...LOMBARD...CAROL STREAM...HANOVER PARK...CHICAGO... OTTAWA...STREATOR...PERU...LA SALLE...MENDOTA...MARSEILLES... OSWEGO...BOULDER HILL...YORKVILLE...PLANO...MORRIS...COAL CITY... JOLIET...BOLINGBROOK...KANKAKEE...BOURBONNAIS...BRADLEY... PONTIAC...DWIGHT...FAIRBURY...WATSEKA...GILMAN...ONARGA... PAXTON...GARY...HAMMOND...EAST CHICAGO...MERRILLVILLE...PORTAGE... VALPARAISO...CHESTERTON...KENTLAND...MOROCCO...GOODLAND...BROOK... RENSSELAER...DE MOTTE...FOWLER...OXFORD...BOSWELL 1011 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 /1111 PM EST MON FEB 12 2007/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/ TUESDAY NIGHT... SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA OVERNIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW BEGINNING SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 BY AROUND 2 AM...THEN SPREADING NORTHWARD TO THE WISCONSIN LINE BY AROUND 4 AM. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF A PONTIAC...TO WATSEKA...TO RENSSELAER LINE...WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES FURTHER TO THE NORTH ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING IN SOME AREAS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE LATE TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. STAY INDOORS AND AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 4 AM TUESDAY MORNING. $$ ILZ003>006-008-131215- /O.CON.KLOT.SB.Y.0001.070213T0600Z-070214T0600Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE-OGLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...CRYSTAL LAKE... ALGONQUIN...LAKE IN THE HILLS...MCHENRY...WOODSTOCK...CARY... WAUKEGAN...BUFFALO GROVE...NORTH CHICAGO...HIGHLAND PARK... MUNDELEIN...GURNEE...ROUND LAKE BEACH...ROCHELLE...OREGON... MOUNT MORRIS...BYRON...POLO 1011 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHERN ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT...BEGINNING BY AROUND 3 AM. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY EVENING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS NEW SNOW...IN ADDITION TO THE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF FRESH POWDER FROM LAST NIGHTS SNOW...WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS...TO CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 4 AM TUESDAY MORNING. $$
000 WWUS43 KLOT 131024 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 424 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE SHAPE ACROSS THE PLAINS AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TODAY. SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ILZ023-032-033-039-INZ010-011-019-131830- /O.CAN.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KLOT.BZ.W.0001.070213T1024Z-070214T0600Z/ KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KANKAKEE...BOURBONNAIS...BRADLEY... PONTIAC...DWIGHT...FAIRBURY...WATSEKA...GILMAN...ONARGA... PAXTON...KENTLAND...MOROCCO...GOODLAND...BROOK...RENSSELAER... DE MOTTE...FOWLER...OXFORD...BOSWELL 424 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 /524 AM EST TUE FEB 13 2007/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/ TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/ TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...BRINGING THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE LEADING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ACROSS MANY AREAS TODAY INTO THIS EVENING MAKING FOR VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ ILZ010>014-019>022-INZ001-002-131830- /O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-LAKE- PORTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DIXON...SYCAMORE...SANDWICH...GENOA... AURORA...ELGIN...NAPERVILLE...WHEATON...DOWNERS GROVE... ELMHURST...LOMBARD...CAROL STREAM...HANOVER PARK...CHICAGO... OTTAWA...STREATOR...PERU...LA SALLE...MENDOTA...MARSEILLES... OSWEGO...BOULDER HILL...YORKVILLE...PLANO...MORRIS...COAL CITY... JOLIET...BOLINGBROOK...GARY...HAMMOND...EAST CHICAGO... MERRILLVILLE...PORTAGE...VALPARAISO...CHESTERTON 424 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...WITH THE GREATER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 80...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 88 IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. STAY INDOORS AND AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. $$ ILZ003>006-008-131830- /O.CON.KLOT.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE-OGLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...CRYSTAL LAKE... ALGONQUIN...LAKE IN THE HILLS...MCHENRY...WOODSTOCK...CARY... WAUKEGAN...BUFFALO GROVE...NORTH CHICAGO...HIGHLAND PARK... MUNDELEIN...GURNEE...ROUND LAKE BEACH...ROCHELLE...OREGON... MOUNT MORRIS...BYRON...POLO 424 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER INTO THIS EVENING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL STILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. TONIGHT. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KLOT 131237 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 637 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE SHAPE ACROSS THE PLAINS AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TODAY. SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ILZ023-032-033-039-INZ010-011-019-132045- /O.CON.KLOT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KANKAKEE...BOURBONNAIS...BRADLEY... PONTIAC...DWIGHT...FAIRBURY...WATSEKA...GILMAN...ONARGA... PAXTON...KENTLAND...MOROCCO...GOODLAND...BROOK...RENSSELAER... DE MOTTE...FOWLER...OXFORD...BOSWELL 637 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 /737 AM EST TUE FEB 13 2007/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/ TONIGHT... SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...BRINGING THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE LEADING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ACROSS MANY AREAS TODAY INTO THIS EVENING MAKING FOR VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ ILZ010>014-019>022-INZ001-002-132045- /O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-LAKE- PORTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DIXON...SYCAMORE...SANDWICH...GENOA... AURORA...ELGIN...NAPERVILLE...WHEATON...DOWNERS GROVE... ELMHURST...LOMBARD...CAROL STREAM...HANOVER PARK...CHICAGO... OTTAWA...STREATOR...PERU...LA SALLE...MENDOTA...MARSEILLES... OSWEGO...BOULDER HILL...YORKVILLE...PLANO...MORRIS...COAL CITY... JOLIET...BOLINGBROOK...GARY...HAMMOND...EAST CHICAGO... MERRILLVILLE...PORTAGE...VALPARAISO...CHESTERTON 637 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...WITH THE GREATER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 80...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 88 IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. STAY INDOORS AND AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. $$ ILZ003>006-008-132045- /O.CON.KLOT.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE-OGLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...CRYSTAL LAKE... ALGONQUIN...LAKE IN THE HILLS...MCHENRY...WOODSTOCK...CARY... WAUKEGAN...BUFFALO GROVE...NORTH CHICAGO...HIGHLAND PARK... MUNDELEIN...GURNEE...ROUND LAKE BEACH...ROCHELLE...OREGON... MOUNT MORRIS...BYRON...POLO 637 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER INTO THIS EVENING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. TONIGHT. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KLOT 131635 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 1035 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT AND GATHERING WINTER STORM OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL BRING INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT. ILZ023-032-033-039-INZ010-011-019-140045- /O.CON.KLOT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KANKAKEE...BOURBONNAIS...BRADLEY... PONTIAC...DWIGHT...FAIRBURY...WATSEKA...GILMAN...ONARGA... PAXTON...KENTLAND...MOROCCO...GOODLAND...BROOK...RENSSELAER... DE MOTTE...FOWLER...OXFORD...BOSWELL 1035 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 /1135 AM EST TUE FEB 13 2007/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/ TONIGHT... SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. AS OF LATE THIS MORNING...REPORTS INDICATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...RESULTING IN STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ ILZ010>014-019>022-INZ001-002-140045- /O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-LAKE- PORTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DIXON...SYCAMORE...SANDWICH...GENOA... AURORA...ELGIN...NAPERVILLE...WHEATON...DOWNERS GROVE... ELMHURST...LOMBARD...CAROL STREAM...HANOVER PARK...CHICAGO... OTTAWA...STREATOR...PERU...LA SALLE...MENDOTA...MARSEILLES... OSWEGO...BOULDER HILL...YORKVILLE...PLANO...MORRIS...COAL CITY... JOLIET...BOLINGBROOK...GARY...HAMMOND...EAST CHICAGO... MERRILLVILLE...PORTAGE...VALPARAISO...CHESTERTON 1035 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AS OF LATE THIS MORNING...REPORTS INDICATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...RESULTING IN STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE ALONG INTERSTATE 80 WHILE THE LESSER AMOUNTS WILL BE GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 88. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE THIS EVENING. SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. STAY INDOORS AND AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. $$ ILZ003>006-008-140045- /O.CON.KLOT.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE-OGLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...CRYSTAL LAKE... ALGONQUIN...LAKE IN THE HILLS...MCHENRY...WOODSTOCK...CARY... WAUKEGAN...BUFFALO GROVE...NORTH CHICAGO...HIGHLAND PARK... MUNDELEIN...GURNEE...ROUND LAKE BEACH...ROCHELLE...OREGON... MOUNT MORRIS...BYRON...POLO 1035 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS OF LATE MORNING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH OR TWO HAD BEEN REPORTED. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...RESULTING IN STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ HANDEL
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
000 WWUS43 KLOT 132152 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 352 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA THIS EVENING. SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT...THOUGH BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ILZ023-032-033-039-INZ010-011-019-140600- /O.CON.KLOT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KANKAKEE...BOURBONNAIS...BRADLEY... PONTIAC...DWIGHT...FAIRBURY...WATSEKA...GILMAN...ONARGA... PAXTON...KENTLAND...MOROCCO...GOODLAND...BROOK...RENSSELAER... DE MOTTE...FOWLER...OXFORD...BOSWELL 352 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 /452 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/ TONIGHT... SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. REPORTS INDICATED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA AS OF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...RESULTING IN STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ ILZ010>014-019>022-INZ001-002-140600- /O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-LAKE- PORTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DIXON...SYCAMORE...SANDWICH...GENOA... AURORA...ELGIN...NAPERVILLE...WHEATON...DOWNERS GROVE... ELMHURST...LOMBARD...CAROL STREAM...HANOVER PARK...CHICAGO... OTTAWA...STREATOR...PERU...LA SALLE...MENDOTA...MARSEILLES... OSWEGO...BOULDER HILL...YORKVILLE...PLANO...MORRIS...COAL CITY... JOLIET...BOLINGBROOK...GARY...HAMMOND...EAST CHICAGO... MERRILLVILLE...PORTAGE...VALPARAISO...CHESTERTON 352 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...DECREASING IN INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT AT MOST LOCATIONS. HOWEVER...ALONG THE ILLINOIS SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. REPORTS INDICATED 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA AS OF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...RESULTING IN STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. STAY INDOORS AND AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. $$ ILZ003>006-008-140600- /O.CON.KLOT.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE-OGLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...CRYSTAL LAKE... ALGONQUIN...LAKE IN THE HILLS...MCHENRY...WOODSTOCK...CARY... WAUKEGAN...BUFFALO GROVE...NORTH CHICAGO...HIGHLAND PARK... MUNDELEIN...GURNEE...ROUND LAKE BEACH...ROCHELLE...OREGON... MOUNT MORRIS...BYRON...POLO 352 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... SNOW CONTINUING ACROSS THE AREA WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES BY LATE EVENING IN MOST LOCATIONS...THOUGH LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT OVER LAKE COUNTY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS OF LATE AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...RESULTING IN STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ HANDEL
000 WWUS43 KLOT 140236 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 836 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AFFECTING NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS BLOWING COLDER AIR OVER THE WARMER WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN...WILL PRODUCE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS THROUGH RUSH HOUR WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL SHIFT EAST INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. ILZ006-141045- /O.UPG.KLOT.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070214T1500Z/ LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKEGAN...BUFFALO GROVE... NORTH CHICAGO...HIGHLAND PARK...MUNDELEIN...GURNEE... ROUND LAKE BEACH 836 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS LAKE COUNTY WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER SMALL AREAS THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST BANDS. IN ADDITION TO THE NEW SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...LEAVE PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. STAY INDOORS AND AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. $$ ILZ013-014-022-141045- /O.EXT.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070214T1500Z/ DUPAGE-COOK-WILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NAPERVILLE...WHEATON...DOWNERS GROVE... ELMHURST...LOMBARD...CAROL STREAM...HANOVER PARK...CHICAGO... JOLIET...BOLINGBROOK 836 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN WILL AND WESTERN DUPAGE COUNTIES...TO AS MUCH AS 3 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS EASTERN COOK COUNTY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER SMALL AREAS THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST BANDS. IN ADDITION TO THE NEW SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...LEAVE PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. STAY INDOORS AND AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. $$ INZ001-002-141045- /O.EXT.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070215T0000Z/ LAKE-PORTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARY...HAMMOND...EAST CHICAGO... MERRILLVILLE...PORTAGE...VALPARAISO...CHESTERTON 836 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. MODERATE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES OVERNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...WILL SHIFT EAST ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY THE TIME THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY EVENING...MAY REACH 10 TO 14 INCHES IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION TO THE NEW SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...LEAVE PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. STAY INDOORS AND AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. $$ ILZ023-032-033-039-INZ010-011-019-140600- /O.CON.KLOT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KANKAKEE...BOURBONNAIS...BRADLEY... PONTIAC...DWIGHT...FAIRBURY...WATSEKA...GILMAN...ONARGA... PAXTON...KENTLAND...MOROCCO...GOODLAND...BROOK...RENSSELAER... DE MOTTE...FOWLER...OXFORD...BOSWELL 836 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 /936 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/ TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/ TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES LATE THIS EVENING. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW DRIFTS OF 3 TO 4 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ ILZ010>012-019>021-140600- /O.NEW.KLOT.BS.Y.0001.070214T0600Z-070214T1500Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ LEE-DE KALB-KANE-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DIXON...SYCAMORE...SANDWICH...GENOA... AURORA...ELGIN...OTTAWA...STREATOR...PERU...LA SALLE...MENDOTA... MARSEILLES...OSWEGO...BOULDER HILL...YORKVILLE...PLANO...MORRIS... COAL CITY 836 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES LATE THIS EVENING. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. HOWEVER...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW DRIFTS OF 3 TO 4 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...LEAVE PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ILZ003>005-008-140600- /O.NEW.KLOT.BS.Y.0001.070214T0600Z-070214T1500Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-OGLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...CRYSTAL LAKE... ALGONQUIN...LAKE IN THE HILLS...MCHENRY...WOODSTOCK...CARY... ROCHELLE...OREGON...MOUNT MORRIS...BYRON...POLO 836 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPPER OFF TO FLURRIES LATE THIS EVENING. HOWEVER... NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW DRIFTS OF 3 TO 4 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...LEAVE PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KLOT 140706 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...RETRANSMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 1158 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AFFECTING NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL MOVE EAST OVERNIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS BLOWING COLDER AIR OVER THE WARMER WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN...WILL PRODUCE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS THROUGH RUSH HOUR WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL SHIFT EAST INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING PROBLEMS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ILZ023-032-033-039-INZ010-011-019-141400- /O.CAN.KLOT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KLOT.BS.Y.0001.070214T0558Z-070214T1500Z/ KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KANKAKEE...BOURBONNAIS...BRADLEY... PONTIAC...DWIGHT...FAIRBURY...WATSEKA...GILMAN...ONARGA... PAXTON...KENTLAND...MOROCCO...GOODLAND...BROOK...RENSSELAER... DE MOTTE...FOWLER...OXFORD...BOSWELL 1158 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 /1258 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /10 AM EST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /10 AM EST/ WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...GRADUALLY TAPERING TO FLURRIES. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AN INCH OR LESS. HOWEVER...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW DRIFTS OF 3 TO 4 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...LEAVE PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.| A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ILZ010>012-019>021-141400- /O.CAN.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KLOT.BS.Y.0001.070214T0558Z-070214T1500Z/ LEE-DE KALB-KANE-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DIXON...SYCAMORE...SANDWICH...GENOA... AURORA...ELGIN...OTTAWA...STREATOR...PERU...LA SALLE...MENDOTA... MARSEILLES...OSWEGO...BOULDER HILL...YORKVILLE...PLANO...MORRIS... COAL CITY 1158 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SOME LIGHT SNOW OR SCATTERED FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS THE SUBURBS OF CHICAGO...BUT MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW DRIFTS OF 3 TO 4 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...LEAVE PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ILZ003>005-008-141400- /O.CAN.KLOT.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KLOT.BS.Y.0001.070214T0558Z-070214T1500Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-OGLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...CRYSTAL LAKE... ALGONQUIN...LAKE IN THE HILLS...MCHENRY...WOODSTOCK...CARY... ROCHELLE...OREGON...MOUNT MORRIS...BYRON...POLO 1158 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS...ALTHOUGH A FEW FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST SUBURBS OF CHICAGO. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ILZ006-013-014-022-141400- /O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070214T1500Z/ LAKE-DUPAGE-COOK-WILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKEGAN...BUFFALO GROVE... NORTH CHICAGO...HIGHLAND PARK...MUNDELEIN...GURNEE... ROUND LAKE BEACH...NAPERVILLE...WHEATON...DOWNERS GROVE... ELMHURST...LOMBARD...CAROL STREAM...HANOVER PARK...CHICAGO... JOLIET...BOLINGBROOK 1158 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS LAKE COUNTY WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER SMALL AREAS THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST BANDS. IN ADDITION TO THE NEW SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...LEAVE PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. STAY INDOORS AND AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. $$ INZ001-002-141400- /O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070215T0000Z/ LAKE-PORTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARY...HAMMOND...EAST CHICAGO... MERRILLVILLE...PORTAGE...VALPARAISO...CHESTERTON 1158 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHWEST INDIANA OVERNIGHT. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY THE TIME THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY EVENING...MAY REACH 10 TO 14 INCHES IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION TO THE NEW SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...LEAVE PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. STAY INDOORS AND AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. $$
000 WWUS43 KLOT 141004 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 404 AM CST WED FEB 14 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AFFECTING NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA... .LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA THIS MORNING. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. BY MID AFTERNOON...MOST OF THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT MAINLY NORTHWEST INDIANA. ILZ003>005-008-010>012-019>021-141115- /O.CAN.KLOT.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T1500Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-LA SALLE-KENDALL- GRUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...CRYSTAL LAKE... ALGONQUIN...LAKE IN THE HILLS...MCHENRY...WOODSTOCK...CARY... ROCHELLE...OREGON...MOUNT MORRIS...BYRON...POLO...DIXON... SYCAMORE...SANDWICH...GENOA...AURORA...ELGIN...OTTAWA... STREATOR...PERU...LA SALLE...MENDOTA...MARSEILLES...OSWEGO... BOULDER HILL...YORKVILLE...PLANO...MORRIS...COAL CITY 404 AM CST WED FEB 14 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS CANCELLED THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. NORTH WINDS HAVE DECREASED INTO THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. WHILE SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. $$ ILZ006-013-014-022-141500- /O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070214T1500Z/ LAKE-DUPAGE-COOK-WILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKEGAN...BUFFALO GROVE... NORTH CHICAGO...HIGHLAND PARK...MUNDELEIN...GURNEE... ROUND LAKE BEACH...NAPERVILLE...WHEATON...DOWNERS GROVE... ELMHURST...LOMBARD...CAROL STREAM...HANOVER PARK...CHICAGO... JOLIET...BOLINGBROOK 404 AM CST WED FEB 14 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING WITH THE GREATER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO LAKE MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION TO THE NEW SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. STAY INDOORS AND AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. $$ INZ001-002-141815- /O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070215T0000Z/ LAKE-PORTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARY...HAMMOND...EAST CHICAGO... MERRILLVILLE...PORTAGE...VALPARAISO...CHESTERTON 404 AM CST WED FEB 14 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES TODAY. SNOWFALL RATES OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS LATER TODAY. IN ADDITION TO THE NEW SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. STAY INDOORS AND AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. $$ ILZ023-032-033-039-INZ010-011-019-141500- /O.CON.KLOT.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T1500Z/ KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KANKAKEE...BOURBONNAIS...BRADLEY... PONTIAC...DWIGHT...FAIRBURY...WATSEKA...GILMAN...ONARGA... PAXTON...KENTLAND...MOROCCO...GOODLAND...BROOK...RENSSELAER... DE MOTTE...FOWLER...OXFORD...BOSWELL 404 AM CST WED FEB 14 2007 /504 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007/ ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /10 AM EST/ THIS MORNING... SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES BEFORE ENDING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF THE NEW SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS UP TO 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS MORNING...AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KLOT 141329 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 626 AM CST WED FEB 14 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA TODAY... .LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA TODAY. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. INZ001-002-141330- /O.CAN.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070215T0000Z/ LAKE-PORTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARY...HAMMOND...EAST CHICAGO... MERRILLVILLE...PORTAGE...VALPARAISO...CHESTERTON 626 AM CST WED FEB 14 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. $$ ILZ006-013-014-022-141330- /O.CAN.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070214T1500Z/ LAKE-DUPAGE-COOK-WILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKEGAN...BUFFALO GROVE... NORTH CHICAGO...HIGHLAND PARK...MUNDELEIN...GURNEE... ROUND LAKE BEACH...NAPERVILLE...WHEATON...DOWNERS GROVE... ELMHURST...LOMBARD...CAROL STREAM...HANOVER PARK...CHICAGO... JOLIET...BOLINGBROOK 626 AM CST WED FEB 14 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS MORNING. BY MID AFTERNOON...MOST OF THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT EAST INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT...GENERALLY AN INCH OR TWO. $$ ILZ023-032-033-039-INZ010-011-019-141330- /O.CAN.KLOT.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T1500Z/ KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KANKAKEE...BOURBONNAIS...BRADLEY... PONTIAC...DWIGHT...FAIRBURY...WATSEKA...GILMAN...ONARGA... PAXTON...KENTLAND...MOROCCO...GOODLAND...BROOK...RENSSELAER... DE MOTTE...FOWLER...OXFORD...BOSWELL 626 AM CST WED FEB 14 2007 /726 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007/ ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS CANCELLED THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. NORTH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 10 TO 20 MPH ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. WHILE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW WILL STILL BE A CONCERN THIS MORNING...WIDESPREAD VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 12, 3:45 AM CST, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 3:45 AM CST, 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
345 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007
.DISCUSSION REGARDING MORNING ZONES/GRIDS...
345 AM CST
MAIN FOCUS ON WINTER STORM TO AFFECT REGION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.
BRIEFLY FIRST...WILL MAINTAIN SNOW ADVSRY FOR NRN TIER OF COUNTIES
THIS MRNG AS WEAK S/WV CONTS EWD ACROSS IL/WI BORDER AREA. BEST UVM
AS INDICATED BY MODEL DIV-Q AND OMEGA FCSTS OCCUR BEFORE
SUNRISE...DECREASING AFT 12Z. RADAR INDICATES LGT SNOW CONTINUES
ACROSS NRN/NERN PART OF FA AT 0925Z...WITH REPORTS OF ACCUM RANGING
FROM A COUPLE INCHES NEAR WI BORDER TO PERHAPS NEAR AN INCH HERE AT
THE WFO. CURRENT HEADLINE GOES THRU 18Z...BUT GIVEN COMPLEXITY OF
HEADLINE SITUATION NEXT 48 HRS WILL NOT MESS WITH THAT AT THIS TIME
AND WILL ALLOW DAY SHIFT TO CANCEL WHEN ACCUM SNOW ENDS DURG THE
MORNING. WRF/GFS BOTH INDICATE THAT COLD FRONT SAGGING THRU FCST
AREA MAINTAINS SOME WEAK FRONTOGENESIS THRU THE DAY...WITH VRY LGT
QPF PRODUCED. WILL KEEP SOME SCT FLURRIES THRU AFTN AFTER SNOW
TAPERS OFF THIS AM.
REAL PROBLEMS ARRIVE LATER TONIGHT HOWEVER...AS MAJOR WINTER STORM
TAKES AIM ON THE MIDWEST. UPR TROF CURRENTLY MOVG ACROSS THE RCKYS
MOVES INTO THE PLAINS TNGT...AND ACROSS THE MS RVR BY TUES AFTN. SFC
LOW DVLPG VCNTY TX PANHANDLE REGION FCST BY MODELS TO TRACK ACROSS
ARKANSAS BY TUE MRNG...AND THEN NORTHEAST ACROSS KY/WV TO JUST SOUTH
OF KPIT BY 12Z WED. STRONG LLVL BAROCLINICITY FOR THIS SYSTEM TO
WORK WITH...WITH ARCTIC AIR JUST NORTH OF FRONT SAGGING THROUGH
GRTLKS AND RELATIVELY MILD/MOIST AIR WHICH WILL STREAM NORTH OFF THE
WESTERN GULF AHEAD OF DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE. THIS SETS UP VIGOROUS
STORM SYSTEM WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH...AND WRF/GFS
FAIRLY SIMILAR IN SPREADING NEARLY 1.00 INCHES OF LIQUID QPF INTO
FAR SOUTHEASTERN KLOT FCST AREA BY TUES EVENING. TRACK OF SYSTEM
PLACES EXPECTED SWATH OF HVY SNOW FROM NERN MO THRU CNTRL IL INTO
NWRN IND. 290K ISENTROPIC FCSTS INDICATE STRONGEST UPGLIDE TO OCCUR
LATE TONIGHT THRU TUES MORNING...WITH 3-4 G/KG MIXING RATIO
INDICATIVE OF PLENTIFUL MOISTURE SUPPLY. CURRENT EXPECTATION IS SNOW
AMOUNTS FROM 3-5 INCHES NRN COUNTIES ALONG WI BORDER...TO 10-15
INCHES SOUTHEAST COUNTIES. IN ADDITION TO HVY SNOW HOWEVER...WINDS
EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN IN RESPONSE TO TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT
ASSOCIATED WITH DEEPENING LOW...RESULTING IN 20-30 MPH WINDS WITH
SOME HIGHER GUSTS ESPECIALLY TUES WHICH WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BASED ON
ALL OF THIS...HAVE CHOSEN TO ISSUE SNOW/BLOWING SNOW ADVISRY FOR NRN
COUNTIES AND WINTER STORM WARNING BASICALLY SOUTH OF I-88.
AS SYSTEM DEPARTS TUES NGT...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THOUGH WIND WILL
CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME BLOWING/DRIFTING ISSUES IN OPEN AREAS. LAKE
EFFECT POTENTIAL STILL APPEARS TO BEAR WATCHING AT THIS TIME...WITH
NORTH WINDS LIKELY BRINGING SNOW SHOWERS TO NE IL/NWRN IND AS ARCTIC
AIR FLOODS BACK DOWN THE LENGTH OF LK MICH.
BEYOND WED HAVE MADE FEW CHANGES TO GOING FCST...GNRLY JUST A FEW
MINOR TEMP TWEAKS. CURRENT TREND LOOKS GOOD WITH RETURN OF COLD AIR
WED/THURS...THEN SOME MODERATION TOWARD WEEKEND.
RATZER
&&
.AVIATION...
1023 PM CST
RADAR DATA AND SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOW THE BAND OF SNOW ACROSS
NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THERE ARE SOME IFR
CONDITIONS IN TERMS OF VISIBILITY AND CEILING DO THE THE SNOW.
THE SNOW IS A RESULT OF UPWARD VERTICAL VELOCITY BROUGHT
ON BY MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS AND A SURFACE COLD FRONT. THE COLD
FRONT WILL PASS SOUTH FROM NORTHERN WISCONSIN TO CENTRAL INDIANA BY
18 UTC MONDAY. THERE WILL BE ENOUGH SNOW DROP THE VISIBILITY TO IFR
CONDITIONS FOR SHORT TIME OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. WE EXPECT IFR CEILINGS AS WELL. THE WIND WILL BECOME
NORTHEAST AS A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS AND DEEPENS IN TEXAS MONDAY.
&&
.LOT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.IL...SNW ADVSRY EXTRM NRN IL NOON TDY.
SNW AND BLOWING SNW ADVSRY EXTRM NRN IL TNGT THRU TUES EVE.
WINTER STORM WRNG GNRLY SOUTH OF I-88 TNGT THRU TUES EVE.
.IN...WINTER STORM WRNG TNGT THRU TUES EVE.
.LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVSRY TNGT THRU TUES NGT/ERLY WED.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 4:30 PM CST, 11 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 430 PM CST SUN FEB 11 2007 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>022-023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011- 019-121030- WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DU PAGE-COOK- LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD- LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- 430 PM CST SUN FEB 11 2007 THIS PORTION OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE... TONIGHT A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EXTREME NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOR LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. SEE WSWLOT FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. SEE WSWLOT FOR DETAILS. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM AS NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. SNOW SHOWERS MAY CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST INDIANA. BITTERLY COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE MIDWEST MIDWEEK. DUE TO THE PERSISTENT COLD SNAP...ICE JAMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM ON AREA RIVERS. WHILE NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS OCCURRING AT THIS TIME...RAPID FLUCTUATIONS IN RIVER LEVEL ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO ICE ACTION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY ICE JAMS OR HIGH RIVER LEVELS. SNOWFALL REPORTS TONIGHT AND MONDAY WILL BE APPRECIATED. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO LMZ740>745-766-121030- WINTHROP HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN- LAKE MICHIGAN- 430 PM CST SUN FEB 11 2007 THIS PORTION OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE... TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NORTHEAST WINDS OVER SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN ARE EXPECTED TO REACH GALE FORCE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL ALSO RESULT IN DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT IN NEARSHORE WATERS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND HIGH WAVES OUTSIDE OF ICE COVERED AREAS. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO MERZLOCK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 12, 12:49 AM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1249 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 AM SNOW ROCKFORD AIRPORT 42.20N 89.10W
02/12/2007 M1.1 INCH WINNEBAGO IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS
1240 AM SNOW ROCKFORD 42.27N 89.06W
02/12/2007 M1.5 INCH WINNEBAGO IL BROADCAST MEDIA
WREX-TV REPORTED 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AT 1240
AM.
&&
NMARSILIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 4:23 AM CST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | LOT | Boone, Lake, McHenry, Ogle, Winnebago | 45 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Illinois, 2007Winter Storm Warnings in Indiana, 2007Every winter storm warning in 2007
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.