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WWUS83 KLOT 170614
SPSLOT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
114 AM CDT TUE MAR 17 2026
ILZ012-013-020-023-106>108-170715-
KANE IL-EASTERN WILL IL-DUPAGE IL-SOUTHERN WILL IL-KENDALL IL-
KANKAKEE IL-NORTHERN WILL IL-
114 AM CDT TUE MAR 17 2026
...NARROW BAND OF SNOW LEADING TO LOW VISIBILITY AND QUICK
ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS...
AT 109 AM CDT, NWS METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A NARROW, ONE MILE
WIDE, BAND OF HEAVY SNOW STRETCHING FROM LILY LAKE TO PEOTONE. THE
ORIENTATION AND SOUTHEASTWARD MOTION OF THE BAND IS LEADING TO THE
SAME LOCATIONS BEING STUCK UNDER THE BAND FOR 30 MINUTES OR MORE.
HAZARD...RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS, WITH VISIBILITY BELOW ONE HALF
OF A MILE AND QUICK ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ON ROADWAYS. THE
WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF AURORA
THROUGH NAPERVILLE, BOLINGBROOK, LOCKPORT, AND NEW LENOX.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...THE COMBINATION OF LOCALIZED LOW VISIBILITY AND QUICK
ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS WILL LEAD TO LOCALIZED HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AURORA, JOLIET, NAPERVILLE, BOLINGBROOK, ROMEOVILLE, PLAINFIELD, ST.
CHARLES, OSWEGO, WEST CHICAGO, BATAVIA, LOCKPORT, NEW LENOX, HOMER
GLEN, GENEVA, MOKENA, BOURBONNAIS, FRANKFORT, YORKVILLE, BRADLEY,
CHANNAHON, CAMPTON HILLS, MINOOKA, PLANO, MANTENO, AND PEOTONE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TRAVEL AT SAFE SPEEDS AND FOLLOWING DISTANCES, AND PREPARE FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITY.
LAT...LON 4101 8753 4101 8766 4173 8860 4203 8860
4186 8824 4164 8803 4122 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0609Z 330DEG 17KT 4186 8824
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
BORCHARDT
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