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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
320 AM CDT TUE MAR 17 2026
ILZ020-021-023-106>108-170915-
GRUNDY IL-EASTERN WILL IL-SOUTHERN WILL IL-KENDALL IL-KANKAKEE IL-
NORTHERN WILL IL-
320 AM CDT TUE MAR 17 2026
...NARROW BAND OF SNOW LEADING TO LOW VISIBILITY AND QUICK
ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS...
AT 318 AM CDT, NWS METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A NARROW BAND OF
SNOW STRETCHING FROM LISBON TO MANHATTAN, WILMINGTON, AND MOMENCE,
ILLINOIS. THE IS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS, WITH VISIBILITY BELOW ONE HALF
OF A MILE AND QUICK ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ON ROADWAYS.
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...
JOLIET, NEW LENOX, BOURBONNAIS, YORKVILLE, BRADLEY, MORRIS,
CHANNAHON, MINOOKA, MANTENO, BRAIDWOOD, WILMINGTON, COAL CITY,
PEOTONE, MOMENCE, SHOREWOOD, MANHATTAN, DIAMOND, ELWOOD, LAKEWOOD
SHORES, GRANT PARK, NEWARK, HOPKINS PARK, PRESTON HEIGHTS,
MILLINGTON, AND SUN RIVER TERRACE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TRAVEL AT SAFE SPEEDS AND FOLLOWING DISTANCES, AND PREPARE FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITY.
LAT...LON 4105 8753 4141 8860 4164 8860 4162 8844
4143 8811 4151 8805 4147 8790 4123 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 0818Z 324DEG 48KT 4132 8799
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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