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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
940 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2026
ILZ010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-272300-
LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-KANKAKEE-
LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-NORTHERN COOK-CENTRAL COOK-SOUTHERN COOK-
NORTHERN WILL-SOUTHERN WILL-EASTERN WILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DIXON, DEKALB, SYCAMORE, AURORA, ELGIN,
NAPERVILLE, WHEATON, DOWNERS GROVE, LOMBARD, CAROL STREAM,
OTTAWA, STREATOR, LA SALLE, MENDOTA, MARSEILLES, OSWEGO,
YORKVILLE, PLANO, MORRIS, COAL CITY, MINOOKA, KANKAKEE,
BOURBONNAIS, BRADLEY, PONTIAC, DWIGHT, FAIRBURY, WATSEKA, GILMAN,
PAXTON, GIBSON CITY, EVANSTON, DES PLAINES, SCHAUMBURG, PALATINE,
NORTHBROOK, CHICAGO, CICERO, OAK LAWN, OAK PARK, LA GRANGE,
CALUMET CITY, OAK FOREST, LEMONT, ORLAND PARK, PARK FOREST,
JOLIET, BOLINGBROOK, PLAINFIELD, MOKENA, CHANNAHON, MANHATTAN,
WILMINGTON, CRETE, PEOTONE, AND BEECHER
940 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2026
...THREAT FOR BRUSH AND GRASS FIRE SPREAD THIS AFTERNOON.
THE COMBINATION OF WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 60S,
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING TO THE 25 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE,
AND SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING 30 TO 35 MPH WILL LEAD TO A THREAT FOR
BRUSH AND GRASS FIRE SPREAD THIS AFTERNOON.
LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT INVOLVE OPEN FLAME OR SPARKS,
INCLUDING OPERATING FARM EQUIPMENT, PARKING ON GRASS, AND
IMPROPERLY DISCARDING SMOKING MATERIALS.
BORCHARDT
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