980  
WWUS73 KLOT 180904  
NPWLOT  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
304 AM CST TUE FEB 18 2025  
 
ILZ003>005-008-010-011-181800-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.CW.Y.0006.250219T0600Z-250219T1600Z/  
/O.CON.KLOT.CW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-250218T1800Z/  
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ROCHELLE, BYRON, BELVIDERE, SYCAMORE,  
DIXON, ROCKFORD, CRYSTAL LAKE, WOODSTOCK, OREGON, DEKALB,  
MCHENRY, AND ALGONQUIN  
304 AM CST TUE FEB 18 2025  
   
..COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY
 
 
...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM  
CST WEDNESDAY...  
 
* WHAT...FOR THE FIRST COLD WEATHER ADVISORY, VERY COLD WIND CHILLS  
AS LOW AS 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. FOR THE SECOND COLD WEATHER  
ADVISORY, VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 20 BELOW EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...BOONE, DE KALB, LEE, OGLE, WINNEBAGO, AND MCHENRY COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...FOR THE FIRST COLD WEATHER ADVISORY, UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.  
FOR THE SECOND COLD WEATHER ADVISORY, FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10  
AM CST WEDNESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE  
ON EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING OUTSIDE. WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING, A  
HAT, AND GLOVES.  
 

 
 

 
 
ILZ006-012-013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-181800-  
/O.CON.KLOT.CW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-250218T1800Z/  
LAKE IL-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 COAL CITY, YORKVILLE, OAK LAWN, MOKENA,  
MANHATTAN, ELGIN, DWIGHT, PARK FOREST, BOLINGBROOK, ORLAND PARK,  
JOLIET, CHANNAHON, BEECHER, BUFFALO GROVE, PAXTON, DES PLAINES,  
GURNEE, NAPERVILLE, CAROL STREAM, OAK FOREST, GIBSON CITY,  
MORRIS, OSWEGO, PONTIAC, OTTAWA, WAUKEGAN, CHICAGO, PLAINFIELD,  
CRETE, KANKAKEE, CICERO, WILMINGTON, PLANO, WATSEKA, OAK PARK, LA  
GRANGE, AURORA, CALUMET CITY, SCHAUMBURG, MENDOTA, MUNDELEIN,  
PEOTONE, EVANSTON, WHEATON, BRADLEY, LOMBARD, MARSEILLES, GILMAN,  
NORTHBROOK, LA SALLE, DOWNERS GROVE, STREATOR, FAIRBURY,  
BOURBONNAIS, PALATINE, LEMONT, AND MINOOKA  
304 AM CST TUE FEB 18 2025  
   
..COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY
 
 
* WHAT...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO  
EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL, AND  
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE  
ON EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING OUTSIDE. WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING, A  
HAT, AND GLOVES.  
 

 
 

 
 
PETR  
 
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