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Wind Chill Warning 3, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this wind chill warning at Jan 25, 2014, 3:41 PM CST for 16 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jan 27, 2014, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 32 hr. 1 report 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
- Jan 25, 2014, 3:41 PM CST (21:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 27, 2014, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2014, 11:20 AM CST
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
All 21 counties
Boone County, IL, 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, McHenry County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Benton County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Lake County, IN, Newton County, IN, Porter County, IN
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Chesterton, IN | FROM SUNDAY NIGHT. |
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 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
956 WWUS43 KLOT 252141 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 341 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-020-022-023-INZ001-002-010-011-260545- /O.UPG.KLOT.WC.A.0001.140127T0900Z-140129T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KLOT.WC.W.0003.140127T0900Z-140129T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KLOT.WW.Y.0019.140126T0900Z-140127T1200Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK- KENDALL-WILL-KANKAKEE-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO... OSWEGO...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO... RENSSELAER 341 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... * TIMING...3 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA WITH A SWATH OF 3 TO 5 INCHES LIKELY EITHER SIDE OF A DIXON TO KANKAKEE ILLINOIS LINE BEFORE ENDING BY MID-MORNING SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY PRODUCE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * MAIN IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY BEGINNING PREDAWN AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH ALONG WITH A PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY EVENING MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES SUNDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING... * TIMING...3 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH 9 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ ILZ019-021-032-033-039-INZ019-260545- /O.UPG.KLOT.WC.A.0001.140127T0900Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KLOT.WC.W.0003.140127T0900Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KLOT.WW.Y.0019.140126T0900Z-140127T1200Z/ LA SALLE-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OTTAWA...MORRIS...PONTIAC...WATSEKA... PAXTON...FOWLER 341 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 /441 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /4 AM EST/ SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST /7 AM EST/ MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /4 AM EST/ MONDAY TO NOON CST /1 PM EST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /4 AM EST/ MONDAY TO NOON CST /1 PM EST/ TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /4 AM EST/ SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST /7 AM EST/ MONDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... * TIMING...3 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA WITH A SWATH OF 3 TO 5 INCHES LIKELY EITHER SIDE OF A DIXON TO KANKAKEE ILLINOIS LINE BEFORE ENDING BY MID-MORNING SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY PRODUCE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * MAIN IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY BEGINNING PREDAWN AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH ALONG WITH A PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY EVENING MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES SUNDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING... * TIMING...3 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ RATZER VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.CHICAGO.GOV WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
12 follow-up statements
479 WWUS43 KLOT 260240 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 840 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-020-022-023-INZ001-002-010-011-261045- /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.140127T0900Z-140129T1500Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.WW.Y.0019.140126T0900Z-140127T1200Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK- KENDALL-WILL-KANKAKEE-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO... OSWEGO...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO... RENSSELAER 840 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... * TIMING...3 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA... INCLUDING THE CHICAGO AND ROCKFORD METROPOLITAN AREAS...EXCEPT 2 TO 3 INCHES GENERALLY SOUTH OF A STREATOR ILLINOIS TO REMINGTON INDIANA LINE. ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY PRODUCE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOWFALL. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * MAIN IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY BEGINNING PREDAWN AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH ALONG WITH A PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY EVENING MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES SUNDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING... * TIMING...3 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH 9 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ ILZ019-021-032-033-039-INZ019-261045- /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.140127T0900Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.WW.Y.0019.140126T0900Z-140127T1200Z/ LA SALLE-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OTTAWA...MORRIS...PONTIAC...WATSEKA... PAXTON...FOWLER 840 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 /940 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /4 AM EST/ SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST /7 AM EST/ MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /4 AM EST/ MONDAY TO NOON CST /1 PM EST/ TUESDAY... FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... * TIMING...3 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...LOCALLY UP TO 4 INCHES. ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY PRODUCE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOWFALL. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * MAIN IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY BEGINNING PREDAWN AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH ALONG WITH A PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY EVENING MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES SUNDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING... * TIMING...3 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ RATZER VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.CHICAGO.GOV WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
466 WWUS43 KLOT 261037 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 437 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-020-022-023-INZ001-002-010-011-261845- /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.140127T0900Z-140129T1500Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140127T1200Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK- KENDALL-WILL-KANKAKEE-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO... OSWEGO...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO... RENSSELAER 437 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 5 INCHES THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY THIS MORNING. GUSTY WINDS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH ALONG WITH A PERIOD OF ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING... * TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ ILZ019-021-032-033-039-INZ019-261845- /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.140127T0900Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140127T1200Z/ LA SALLE-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OTTAWA...MORRIS...PONTIAC...WATSEKA... PAXTON...FOWLER 437 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 /537 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /7 AM EST/ MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /4 AM EST/ MONDAY TO NOON CST /1 PM EST/ TUESDAY... * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA... LOCALLY UP TO 4 INCHES. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY THIS MORNING. GUSTY WINDS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH ALONG WITH A PERIOD OF ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING... * TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ BMD VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.CHICAGO.GOV WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
745 WWUS43 KLOT 261543 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 943 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-020-022-023-INZ001-002-010-011-262345- /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.140127T0900Z-140129T1500Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140127T1200Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK- KENDALL-WILL-KANKAKEE-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO... OSWEGO...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO... RENSSELAER 943 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...BLOWING SNOW TODAY QUICKLY BECOMING WORSE THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WINDS WILL TURN TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...LESS THAN AN INCH THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW....WHICH ALONG WITH A PERIOD OF ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING...MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING... * TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ ILZ019-021-032-033-039-INZ019-262345- /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.140127T0900Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140127T1200Z/ LA SALLE-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OTTAWA...MORRIS...PONTIAC...WATSEKA... PAXTON...FOWLER 943 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 /1043 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /7 AM EST/ MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /4 AM EST/ MONDAY TO NOON CST /1 PM EST/ TUESDAY... * TIMING...BLOWING SNOW TODAY QUICKLY BECOMING WORSE THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...AROUND ONE INCH THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH ALONG WITH A PERIOD OF ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING WILL LIKELY LEAD TO TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING... * TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MTF VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.CHICAGO.GOV WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
406 WWUS43 KLOT 262117 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 317 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ILZ003-004-008-010-011-020-270530- /O.UPG.KLOT.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140127T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLOT.WS.W.0002.140126T2117Z-140127T1200Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.140127T0900Z-140129T1500Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KENDALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...OREGON...DIXON... DEKALB...OSWEGO 317 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WHICH AT TIMES MAY BE HEAVY...BETWEEN 6 AND 10 PM. BLOWING SNOW BECOMING RAPIDLY MORE WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WHICH ALONG WITH A PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING...WILL LIKELY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. * OTHER IMPACTS...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FREEZING OF WET ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED ONES..DURING THIS EVENING. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING... * TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * MAIN IMPACT...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON MONDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ ILZ019-021-032-270530- /O.UPG.KLOT.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140127T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLOT.WS.W.0002.140126T2117Z-140127T1200Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.140127T0900Z-140128T1800Z/ LA SALLE-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OTTAWA...MORRIS...PONTIAC 317 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WHICH AT TIMES MAY BE HEAVY...BETWEEN 6 AND 10 PM. BLOWING SNOW BECOMING RAPIDLY MORE WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WHICH ALONG WITH A PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING...WILL LIKELY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. * OTHER IMPACTS...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FREEZING OF WET ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED ONES..DURING THIS EVENING. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING... * TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. * MAIN IMPACT...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON MONDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ ILZ005-006-012>014-022-023-INZ001-002-010-011-270530- /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.140127T0900Z-140129T1500Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140127T1200Z/ MCHENRY-LAKE IL-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-WILL-KANKAKEE-LAKE IN-PORTER- NEWTON-JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN...AURORA... WHEATON...CHICAGO...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...GARY...VALPARAISO... MOROCCO...RENSSELAER 317 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WHICH AT TIMES MAY BE HEAVY THIS EVENING. BLOWING SNOW BECOMING RAPIDLY MORE WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...AROUND AN INCH POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WHICH ALONG WITH A PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING...MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. * OTHER IMPACTS...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FREEZING OF WET ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED ONES..DURING THIS EVENING. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING... * TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ ILZ033-039-INZ019-270530- /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.140127T0900Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140127T1200Z/ IROQUOIS-FORD-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATSEKA...PAXTON...FOWLER 317 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 /417 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /7 AM EST/ MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /4 AM EST/ MONDAY TO NOON CST /1 PM EST/ TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WHICH AT TIMES MAY BE HEAVY THIS EVENING. BLOWING SNOW BECOMING RAPIDLY MORE WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...AROUND AN INCH POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WHICH ALONG WITH A PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING...MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. * OTHER IMPACTS...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FREEZING OF WET ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED ONES..DURING THIS EVENING. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING... * TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. * MAIN IMPACT...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON MONDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MTF VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.CHICAGO.GOV WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
386 WWUS43 KLOT 270206 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 806 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ILZ005-006-012>014-022-023-INZ001-002-010-011-271030- /O.UPG.KLOT.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140127T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140127T1200Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.140127T0900Z-140129T1500Z/ MCHENRY-LAKE IL-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-WILL-KANKAKEE-LAKE IN-PORTER- NEWTON-JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODSTOCK...WAUKEGAN...AURORA... WHEATON...CHICAGO...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...GARY...VALPARAISO... MOROCCO...RENSSELAER 806 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA WILL EXIT LATE THIS EVENING. BLOWING SNOW BECOMING RAPIDLY MORE WIDESPREAD LATE THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WHICH ALONG WITH THE SNOW THIS EVENING...WILL LEAD TO BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. * OTHER IMPACTS...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FREEZING OF WET ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED ONES..THIS EVENING. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING... * TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ ILZ033-039-INZ019-271030- /O.UPG.KLOT.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140127T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140127T1200Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.140127T0900Z-140128T1800Z/ IROQUOIS-FORD-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATSEKA...PAXTON...FOWLER 806 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 /906 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /7 AM EST/ MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /4 AM EST/ MONDAY TO NOON CST /1 PM EST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /7 AM EST/ MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA WILL EXIT LATE THIS EVENING. BLOWING SNOW BECOMING RAPIDLY MORE WIDESPREAD LATE THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WHICH ALONG WITH THE SNOW THIS EVENING...WILL LEAD TO BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. * OTHER IMPACTS...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FREEZING OF WET ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED ONES..THIS EVENING. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING... * TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. * MAIN IMPACT...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON MONDAY... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ ILZ003-004-008-010-011-020-271030- /O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140127T1200Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.140127T0900Z-140129T1500Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KENDALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...OREGON...DIXON... DEKALB...OSWEGO 806 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WHICH ALONG WITH A PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING...WILL LEAD TO BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. * OTHER IMPACTS...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FREEZING OF WET ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED ONES...THIS EVENING. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING... * TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * MAIN IMPACT...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON MONDAY... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ ILZ019-021-032-271030- /O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140127T1200Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.140127T0900Z-140128T1800Z/ LA SALLE-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OTTAWA...MORRIS...PONTIAC 806 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO NOON CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA WILL EXIT LATE THIS EVENING. BLOWING SNOW BECOMING RAPIDLY MORE WIDESPREAD LATE THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WHICH ALONG WITH THE SNOW THIS EVENING...WILL LEAD TO BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. * OTHER IMPACTS...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FREEZING OF WET ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED ONES..THIS EVENING. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING... * TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. * MAIN IMPACT...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON MONDAY... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ RODRIGUEZ VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.CHICAGO.GOV WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
512 WWUS43 KLOT 271024 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 424 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-020-022-023-INZ001-002-010-011-271830- /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1500Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140127T1200Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK- KENDALL-WILL-KANKAKEE-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO... OSWEGO...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO... RENSSELAER 424 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... * TIMING...WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE EARLY THIS MORNING AS WINDS DIMINISH. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. SOME ROADS IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS MAY BE PARTIALLY DRIFTED OVER. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING... * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * MAIN IMPACT...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON MONDAY... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ ILZ019-021-032-033-039-INZ019-271830- /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140127T1200Z/ LA SALLE-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OTTAWA...MORRIS...PONTIAC...WATSEKA... PAXTON...FOWLER 424 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014 /524 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /1 PM EST/ TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /7 AM EST/ EARLY THIS MORNING... * TIMING...WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE EARLY THIS MORNING AS WINDS DIMINISH. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. SOME ROADS IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS MAY BE PARTIALLY DRIFTED OVER. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. FOR THE WIND CHILL WARNING... * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. * MAIN IMPACT...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON MONDAY... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ RC VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.CHICAGO.GOV WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
250 WWUS43 KLOT 271154 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 554 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-020-022-023-INZ001-002-010-011-272000- /O.EXP.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140127T1200Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1500Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK- KENDALL-WILL-KANKAKEE-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO... OSWEGO...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO... RENSSELAER 554 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... * WINDS TODAY...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES... FALLING TO 25 TO 35 BELOW TODAY. 30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AS COLD AS 30 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED BRIEF NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS TODAY. SOME ROADS IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS MAY BECOME PARTIALLY DRIFTED OVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ ILZ019-021-032-033-039-INZ019-272000- /O.EXP.KLOT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140127T1200Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140128T1800Z/ LA SALLE-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OTTAWA...MORRIS...PONTIAC...WATSEKA... PAXTON...FOWLER 554 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014 /654 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /1 PM EST/ TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST /7 AM EST/ EARLY THIS MORNING... * WINDS TODAY...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES... FALLING TO 25 TO 35 BELOW TODAY. 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED BRIEF NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS TODAY. SOME ROADS IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS MAY BECOME PARTIALLY DRIFTED OVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ RC VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.CHICAGO.GOV WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
808 WWUS43 KLOT 271727 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1127 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-020-022-023-INZ001-002-010-011-280130- /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1500Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK- KENDALL-WILL-KANKAKEE-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO... OSWEGO...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO... RENSSELAER 1127 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS TODAY...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH...GUSTS UP TO 25 TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 30 BELOW THIS AFTERNOON. 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH MID TUESDAY MORNING. AS COLD AS 30 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED BRIEF NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY EVENING. SOME ROADS IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS MAY BECOME PARTIALLY DRIFTED OVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ ILZ019-021-032-033-039-INZ019-280130- /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140128T1800Z/ LA SALLE-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OTTAWA...MORRIS...PONTIAC...WATSEKA... PAXTON...FOWLER 1127 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014 /1227 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /1 PM EST/ TUESDAY... * WINDS TODAY...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 25 BELOW TODAY. 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH MID TUESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED BRIEF NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME ROADS IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS MAY BECOME PARTIALLY DRIFTED OVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTF VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.CHICAGO.GOV WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
175 WWUS43 KLOT 272153 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 353 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-020-022-023-INZ001-002-010-011-280600- /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1500Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK- KENDALL-WILL-KANKAKEE-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO... OSWEGO...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO... RENSSELAER 353 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING TO AROUND 10 MPH THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH ON TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO THROUGH TUESDAY MID MORNING...THEN RECOVERING TO 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY TUESDAY. VALUES AS COLD AS 30 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING COULD RESULT IN SOME ROADS IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS BECOMING PARTIALLY DRIFTED OVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ ILZ019-021-032-033-039-INZ019-280600- /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140128T1800Z/ LA SALLE-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OTTAWA...MORRIS...PONTIAC...WATSEKA... PAXTON...FOWLER 353 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 /453 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /1 PM EST/ TUESDAY... * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING COULD RESULT IN SOME ROADS IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS BECOMING PARTIALLY DRIFTED OVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTF VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.CHICAGO.GOV WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
806 WWUS43 KLOT 280232 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 832 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-020-022-023-INZ001-002-010-011-281045- /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1500Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK- KENDALL-WILL-KANKAKEE-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO... OSWEGO...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO... RENSSELAER 832 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO THROUGH MID MORNING TUESDAY...RECOVERING TO 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN DROPPING TO 30 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ ILZ019-021-032-033-039-INZ019-281045- /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140128T1800Z/ LA SALLE-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OTTAWA...MORRIS...PONTIAC...WATSEKA... PAXTON...FOWLER 832 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 /932 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /1 PM EST/ TUESDAY... * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.CHICAGO.GOV WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
258 WWUS43 KLOT 281016 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 416 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-020-022-023-INZ001-002-010-011-281830- /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1500Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK- KENDALL-WILL-KANKAKEE-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO... OSWEGO...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO... RENSSELAER 416 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO THROUGH MID MORNING TODAY...RECOVERING TO 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN DROPPING TO AS LOW AS 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ ILZ019-021-032-033-039-INZ019-281800- /O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140128T1800Z/ LA SALLE-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OTTAWA...MORRIS...PONTIAC...WATSEKA... PAXTON...FOWLER 416 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 /516 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /1 PM EST/ TODAY... * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ RC VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.CHICAGO.GOV WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
681 WWUS43 KLOT 281720 WSWLOT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1120 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...COLD AIR CONTINUES TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... ILZ003>006-008-010>014-020-022-INZ001-002-290130- /O.CAN.KLOT.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KLOT.WC.Y.0005.140128T1720Z-140129T1500Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK- KENDALL-WILL-LAKE IN-PORTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO... OSWEGO...JOLIET...GARY...VALPARAISO 1120 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH THE VERY COLD AIR TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ ILZ019-021-032-033-039-INZ019-281830- /O.CAN.KLOT.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140128T1800Z/ LA SALLE-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OTTAWA...MORRIS...PONTIAC...WATSEKA... PAXTON...FOWLER 1120 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 /1220 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL WARNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ALLOWING WIND CHILL VALUES TO MODERATE. THUS THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL STILL REMAIN WELL BELOW ZERO THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. $$ ILZ023-INZ010-011-281830- /O.CAN.KLOT.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1500Z/ KANKAKEE-NEWTON-JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KANKAKEE...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER 1120 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL WARNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ALLOWING WIND CHILL VALUES TO MODERATE. THUS THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL STILL REMAIN 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. $$ MTF VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.CHICAGO.GOV WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 wind chill warning went out at Jan 25, 3:20 PM CST, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 3:20 PM CST, 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
320 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014
.DISCUSSION...
318 PM CST
THE MAIN CONCERNS TODAY CONTINUE TO BE PLENTIFUL...AND INCLUDE THE
QUICK HITTING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EVENT TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING...THE GOOD POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW LATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AND FINALLY THE LIFE THREATENING
WIND CHILLS EARLY NEXT WEEK.
HEADLINE OVERVIEW:
...HAVE UPGRADED THE WIND CHILL WATCH TO WARNING FOR WIND CHILLS IN
EXCESS OF 40 BELOW BY MONDAY NIGHT.
...ALSO HAVE ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH EARLY MONDAY FOR SNOW TONIGHT AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT.
AFTER OUR QUICK HIT OF LIGHT SNOW LAST NIGHT...WINDS CONTINUE TO BE
GUSTY OUT OF THE NORTHWEST IN THE WAKE OF THE FIRST COLD FRONT. THIS
IS LIKELY PRODUCING SOME BLOWING SNOW IN THE OPEN AREAS. THESE WINDS
WILL CONTINUE TO ABATE THROUGH THE EVENING AND ACTUALLY BEGIN TO
BACK OUT OF THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT CLIPPER
SYSTEM.
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS OUR NEXT DISTURBANCE
NOW DROPPING SOUTHWARD ACROSS SASKATCHEWAN AND THIS IS ALREADY
PRODUCING A GOOD AREA OF SNOWFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE DAKOTAS
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS CLIPPER IS STILL FORECAST TO RACE
SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY SUNDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH
THE SURFACE LOW WILL BE WEAKENING AS IT ARRIVES...IT WILL BE
TRACKING ALONG A STOUT BAROCLINIC ZONE. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A STRONG
BAND OF FRONTOGENESIS TO SET UP ALONG AND JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE
TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW....WHICH SHOULD BE RIGHT ACROSS THE CENTRAL
OF MY CWA.
ISENTROPIC ASCENT WILL RAMP UP QUICKLY ACROSS THE AREA AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE 285K SURFACE SUGGESTS WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50
KT AT A SHARP ANGLE TO THE PRESSURE CONTOURS TOWARDS
MORNING...RESULTING IN STRONG ISENTROPIC ASCENT...AND A RAPID
MOISTENING OF THE COLUMN. THIS SAME ISENTROPIC SURFACE...WHICH
BISECTS THE 700 MB PRESSURE SURFACE...ALSO IS PROGGED TO HAVE A
MIXING RATIO OF NEARLY 2.5 G/KG. USING THE GARCIA METHOD...THIS
WOULD SUGGEST SNOW AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
AREA.
OVERALL...ALTHOUGH THIS WILL BE A FAST MOVING HIT OF SNOW ACROSS THE
AREA...THE STRONG DYNAMIC FORCING WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A WINDOW OF
MODERATE TO EVEN HEAVY SNOW EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OVERALL...THIS
STILL APPEARS TO BE A 2 TO 4 INCH EVENT FOR MOST AREAS.
HOWEVER...THE STRONG FORCING FOR ASCENT COULD EASILY PRODUCE SNOW
RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR...AND PRODUCE UP TO 4 TO 5
INCHES IN SOME AREAS WITHIN ONLY A 4 TO 5 HOUR PERIOD. IT CURRENTLY
APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW OF 3 TO 5 INCHES MAY FALL
FROM AROUND DIXON EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARDS THE JOLIET AREA...WITH
2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. TO OBTAIN THESE SNOW AMOUNTS I
FOLLOWED CLOSE TO A 15-20 TO 1 RATIO NORTH...WHERE THE DGZ WILL BE
THE DEEPEST...AND A 12-15 TO 1 ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH.
THE SNOW SHOULD ONSET AROUND 1 OR 2 AM ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
AND AROUND 3 AM IN THE CHICAGO AREA....AND LAST THROUGH MID
MORNING...BEFORE DRIER AIR SHIFTS ACROSS THE REGION IN THE MID
LEVELS. GIVEN THAT THE SNOW WILL FALL AT A RAPID RATE...I HAVE
CHOSEN TO ISSUE AN WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE ENTIRE AREA FOR
2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW.
ONCE THE SNOW ENDS SUNDAY MORNING...THERE COULD BE SOME LINGERING
DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS MY SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES. MODEL
BUFFER SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THAT THE LOWER LEVELS WILL REMAIN
SATURATED BELOW THE DGZ...AND HENCE THE CLOUDS COULD BECOME VOID OF
ICE CRYSTALS SETTING UP DRIZZLE. IN SPITE OF THIS POTENTIAL...I HAVE
CHOSEN TO LEAVE THE MENTION OUT OF THE FORECAST FOR NOW...DUE TO
ITS LIKELIHOOD OF BEING SHORT LIVED.
ALTHOUGH THE AFTERNOON MAY BE QUIET FOR A PERIOD...AFTER THE PRECIP
ABATES...I HAVE CHOSEN TO KEEP THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY GOING
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE REASON FOR DOING THIS IS BECAUSE A STRONG
ARCTIC FRONT IS SET TO DROP ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON OR VERY
EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. ONCE THIS FRONT MOVES THROUGH...STRONG
PRESSURE RISES WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
BEGINS TO BUILD IN ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL SET THE
STAGE FOR A PERIOD OF STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE
WINDS WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE AREA AS THE NEWLY FALLEN DRY SNOW GETS BLOWN AROUND.
IT ALSO APPEARS POSSIBLE THAT ADDITIONAL SHOW SHOWERS WILL BE
OCCURRING SUNDAY EVENING WITH THE STRONG WINDS. LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES
ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AS ANOTHER MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE/PV ANOMALY
DROPS ACROSS THE AREA. THIS COULD RESULT IN SOME ADDITIONAL
LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL FOR FALLING SNOW IN
CONJUNCTION WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD RESULT IN
BETTER CHANCES FOR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. AT THE PRESENT...I HAVE
CHOSEN TO COVER THIS THREAT WITH THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...DUE
TO UNCERTAINTIES ON HOW LOW VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME AND HOW MUCH
ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL FALL DURING THIS TIME. IF IT APPEARS THAT A DECENT
AMOUNT OF SNOW FALLS WITH THE STRONG WINDS SUNDAY EVENING...IT MAY
BE NECESSARY TO UPGRADE THE ADVISORY TO EITHER A WINTER STORM OR
BLIZZARD WARNING.
OTHERWISE...THE MAIN STORY WILL BE SWITCHING TO THE LIFE THREATENING
COLD AND WIND CHILLS. DUE TO ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW
ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING...WIND CHILLS WILL EASILY FALL TO AND BELOW
30 BELOW RESULTING IN WIND CHILL WARNING WIND CHILLS. THIS DANGEROUS
COLD SHOULD PEAK MONDAY NIGHT...AS THE SURFACE HIGH SHIFTS ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THIS COULD ALLOW THE WINDS TO DROP OFF SOME
MONDAY NIGHT...BUT THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW TEMPS TO DROP POTENTIALLY
INTO THE 20S BELOW ZERO...WHICH WOULD BREAK OR TIE TEMPERATURE
RECORDS. SEE CLIMO SECTION BELOW.
THINGS WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE LATER IN THE WEEK...BUT TEMPERATURES
WILL STILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW AVERAGE. ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SNOW
ALSO LOOK TO COME INTO PLAY AGAIN LATER IN THE WEEK. HIGH LATITUDE
BLOCKING ACROSS ALASKA ASSOCIATED WITH A -EPO AND THE PROSPECTS FOR
AN EVOLVING -PNA PATTERN ACROSS THE CONUS COULD SET THE STAGE FOR A
MORE POTENT SOUTHWESTERN STORM PATTERN ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS INTO
NEXT WEEKEND.
KJB
&&
.CLIMATE...
DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS:
CHICAGO ROCKFORD
JAN 27...
RECORD LOW MIN TEMP -10 -13
RECORD LOW MAX TEMP -1 -2
JAN 28...
RECORD LOW MIN TEMP -13 -22
RECORD LOW MAX TEMP -3 -5
JAN 29...
RECORD LOW MIN TEMP -16 -20
RECORD LOW MAX TEMP -6 -9
DEUBELBEISS
&&
.AVIATION...
//ORD AND MDW CONCERNS...UPDATED 20Z...
* GUSTY NW WINDS WITH MAX GUSTS UP TO 30 KT THROUGH MID AFTN.
* SNOW ARRIVES EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSISTS THROUGH MID-DAY
TOMORROW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
* LIFR VSBY AND IFR CIGS ARE LIKELY DURING THE HEAVY SNOW.
* SE WINDS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BECOME WEST AND GUST TO ARND 25 KT
BY MID-DAY SUNDAY.
JEE
//DISCUSSION...UPDATED 18Z...
THE GRADIENT REMAINS TIGHT AND AS SUCH WINDS CONTINUE TO GUST TO
ARND 30 KT. THE GRADIENT IS BAGGY OVER IOWA WHERE A SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE IS SITTING OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS. WINDS WILL
DIMINISH BY MID AFTN AND BECOME SW THIS EVENING AS THE RIDGE
PASSES TO THE SOUTH.
THE CLIPPER SYSTEM THAT WILL BRING THE NEXT ROUND OF SNOW WITH IT
IS CURRENTLY OVER SASKATCHEWAN. WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY SNOWING OVER
NORTH DAKOTA...LOCATIONS ARE REPORTING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WITH
VSBYS OF 2 TO 3/4 SM. CIGS ARE BTWN 2000 AND 900 FT SO THE GOING
FORECAST FOR CIGS AND VSBY LOOKS ON TRACK. THE TIMING OF SNOW ALSO
LOOKS ON TRACK. DID MOVE UP THE TIMING OF THE HEAVIER SNOW TO 11Z
AS THE SNOW SHOULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY. SNOW RATES DIMINISH AFTER
15Z...BUT EXPECTING LIGHT SNOW TO CONTINUE TO ARND 18Z. RATES UP
TO AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM 11-15Z. LOOKING AT 2 TO 4
INCHES TOTAL.
WINDS BEGIN TO VEER BACK TO THE WEST FROM MID-MORNING ON AND THEN
BECOME GUSTY TO ARND 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW WILL BE
A CONCERN BECAUSE THE NEW SNOW WILL BE VERY FLUFFY. KEPT CIGS AT
MVFR THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD AS GUIDANCE SUGGESTS LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL LINGER.
JEE
//ORD AND MDW CONFIDENCE...UPDATED 20Z...
* MEDIUM-HIGH CONFIDENCE IN TIMING OF SNOW AND RELATED VSBY AND
CIGS.
* MEDIUM CONFIDENCE IN WIND FORECAST SUNDAY MORNING.
* MEDIUM CONFIDENCE IN HOW LONG CIGS WILL REMAIN IFR AND MVFR
SUNDAY.
* HIGH CONFIDENCE IN FORECAST THROUGH 10Z SUNDAY.
JEE
//OUTLOOK FOR ORD/MDW FOR 00Z MONDAY-12Z SATURDAY...UPDATED 12Z...
SUNDAY NIGHT...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 KT WITH
BLOWING SNOW. CHANCE OF FALLING SNOW FOR A BRIEF
PERIOD.
MONDAY-TUESDAY...VERY COLD. REMAINING BELOW ZERO WITH WIND CHILLS
OF AT LEAST 30 BELOW ZERO.
WEDNESDAY...VFR LIKELY.
THURSDAY...SLGT CHANCE OF SNOW.
FRIDAY...VFR LIKELY.
MTF
&&
.MARINE...
228 AM CST
THE ACTIVE PERIOD FOR LAKE MICHIGAN CONTINUES THROUGH THE FINAL WEEK
OF JANUARY. ONGOING WEST TO NORTHWEST GALES WILL CONTINUE TODAY
BEHIND A COLD FRONT WHICH PASSED VERY EARLY THIS MORNING. GIVEN THE
GALES/STORM FORCE WINDS OBSERVED JUST YESTERDAY HAVING PRODUCED HIGH
WAVES...TODAY SHOULD BUILD ON THAT SWELL AND SEE HIGHER WAVES THAN
NORMAL FOR 35-40 KT WEST TO NORTHWEST GALES. LOW PRESSURE WILL
DEVELOP EASTWARD OVER THE LAKE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SCOOT QUICKLY
EAST DURING THE EVENING. THIS LOW WILL BASICALLY BE ON A POTENT
ARCTIC COLD FRONT...AND THUS BRING QUICK NORTHERLY GALES AS IT
DEPARTS EASTWARD SUNDAY EVENING. THESE TYPE OF SYSTEMS OFTEN HAVE A
WAY OF OUTPERFORMING MODEL GUIDANCE...SO WOULDNT BE SURPRISED IF
THERE ARE A FEW STORM FORCE GUSTS CENTRAL AND SOUTH SUNDAY EVENING
AND EARLY OVERNIGHT. WITH THIS WILL ALSO COME HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY
WHICH WILL CONTINUE WITH THE GALES INTO MONDAY. HOW LONG THE GALE
FORCE WINDS LAST ON MONDAY IS LIKELY TO BE LONGER THAN MODELS
INDICATE...GIVEN THE DEGREE OF COLD AIR ADVECTION OVER THE OPEN
WATERS. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL SLACKEN GRADUALLY INTO TUESDAY
AND TUESDAY NIGHT...ONLY OFFERING A SLOW DIMINISHING IN WIND
SPEEDS. THE NEXT SYSTEM IN THE PARADE ARRIVES WEDNESDAY NIGHT
BRINGING SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES.
MTF
&&
.LOT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...ILZ003-ILZ004-ILZ005-ILZ006-ILZ008-
ILZ010-ILZ011-ILZ012-ILZ013-ILZ014-ILZ019-ILZ020-ILZ021-
ILZ022-ILZ023-ILZ032-ILZ033-ILZ039...3 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM
MONDAY.
WIND CHILL WARNING...ILZ003-ILZ004-ILZ005-ILZ006-ILZ008-ILZ010-
ILZ011-ILZ012-ILZ013-ILZ014-ILZ020-ILZ022-ILZ023...3 AM
MONDAY TO 9 AM WEDNESDAY.
WIND CHILL WARNING...ILZ019-ILZ021-ILZ032-ILZ033-ILZ039...3 AM
MONDAY TO NOON TUESDAY.
IN...WIND CHILL WARNING...INZ001-INZ002-INZ010-INZ011...3 AM MONDAY
TO 9 AM WEDNESDAY.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...INZ001-INZ002-INZ010-INZ011-INZ019...3
AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM MONDAY.
WIND CHILL WARNING...INZ019...3 AM MONDAY TO NOON TUESDAY.
LM...GALE WARNING...LMZ080-LMZ261-LMZ362-LMZ364-LMZ366-LMZ563-LMZ565-
LMZ567-LMZ669-LMZ671-LMZ673-LMZ675-LMZ777-LMZ779-LMZ868-
LMZ870-LMZ872-LMZ874-LMZ876-LMZ878 UNTIL 9 PM SATURDAY.
GALE WATCH...LMZ080-LMZ261-LMZ362-LMZ364-LMZ366-LMZ563-LMZ565-
LMZ567-LMZ669-LMZ671-LMZ673-LMZ675-LMZ744-LMZ745-LMZ777-
LMZ779-LMZ868-LMZ870-LMZ872-LMZ874-LMZ876-LMZ878...6 PM
SUNDAY TO 9 PM MONDAY.
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING...LMZ080-LMZ261-LMZ362-LMZ364-
LMZ366-LMZ563-LMZ565-LMZ567-LMZ669-LMZ671-LMZ673-LMZ675-
LMZ777-LMZ779-LMZ868-LMZ870-LMZ872-LMZ874-LMZ876-LMZ878
UNTIL 9 PM SATURDAY.
GALE WATCH...LMZ740-LMZ741-LMZ742-LMZ743...6 PM SUNDAY TO 9 AM
MONDAY.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...NEARSHORE WINTHROP HARBOR TO GARY IN UNTIL 10 PM
SATURDAY.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...NEARSHORE GARY TO MICHIGAN CITY IN UNTIL 4 AM SUNDAY.
&&
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 1026 AM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 261630- WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE- DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON- IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- 1026 AM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 /1126 AM EST SAT JAN 25 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA TODAY...MAINLY IN OPEN OR RURAL AREAS. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT WITH SOME ACCUMULATIONS. LOCALIZED RIVER FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR ANY ISOLATED ICE JAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY MORNING WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE AREA WIDE. A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT. WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW. BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR A SHORT PERIOD BEHIND THE FRONT. WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH A PERIOD OF WIND CHILLS COLDER THAN 40 BELOW ZERO POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. LOCALIZED RIVER FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR ISOLATED ICE JAMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL TOTALS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO. && LMZ740>745-261630- WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR- WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND- NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR-CALUMET HARBOR TO GARY- GARY TO BURNS HARBOR-BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY- 1026 AM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. GALES TO 35 KT AND HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY ARE LIKELY TODAY. WINDS AND WAVES HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...MAINLY ALONG THE INDIANA SHORE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS AND WAVES HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL BE OBSERVED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...INCLUDING GALES AND HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. && LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868- 870-872-874-876-878-261630- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO THE MACKINAC BRIDGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHARLEVOIX MI TO SOUTH FOX ISLAND 5 NM OFFSHORE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM CHARLEVOIX TO POINT BETSIE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM POINT BETSIE TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY TO TWO RIVERS WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WILMETTE HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ST. JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- 1026 AM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. GALE FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL RETURN SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. FREEZING SPRAY...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. && RODRIGUEZ VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.CHICAGO.GOV WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 25, 2:36 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 236 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 260000- WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK- LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD- LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO... OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC... WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER... FOWLER 236 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014 /336 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014/ ...GUSTY WINDS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON... NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY THIS EVENING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN OR RURAL AREAS ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA...WILL ALSO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY WILL BE BRIEFLY REDUCED AT TIMES WITH AREA ROADWAYS LIKELY STILL OBSERVING SNOW COVERED ROADS. ALL AREA TRAVELERS SHOULD USE CAUTION...WITH CONDITIONS LIKELY VARYING OVER SHORT DISTANCES. RODRIGUEZ VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.CHICAGO.GOV WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 3:33 AM CST | Gale Watch | LOT | 25 hr | |
| Jan 25, 4:07 AM CST | Wind Chill Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:41 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more | 28 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:56 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 12 hr |
Nearby
Wind Chill Warnings in Illinois, 2014Wind Chill Warnings in Indiana, 2014Every wind chill warning in 2014
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.