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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1203 AM CDT THU MAR 20 2025
ILZ013-019>021-023-032-104>108-INZ001-201200-
/O.NEW.KLOT.WW.Y.0006.250320T0600Z-250320T1200Z/
DUPAGE-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-CENTRAL COOK-
SOUTHERN COOK-NORTHERN WILL-SOUTHERN WILL-EASTERN WILL-LAKE IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PLANO, BOLINGBROOK, COAL CITY, OAK LAWN,
OTTAWA, BRADLEY, LEMONT, CHICAGO, PARK FOREST, MERRILLVILLE,
PEOTONE, KANKAKEE, DWIGHT, CRETE, CICERO, HAMMOND, DOWNERS GROVE,
MENDOTA, LA SALLE, ORLAND PARK, CAROL STREAM, MINOOKA,
WILMINGTON, LOMBARD, GARY, CHANNAHON, BOURBONNAIS, STREATOR,
WHEATON, JOLIET, OAK FOREST, MANHATTAN, MARSEILLES, CALUMET CITY,
BEECHER, OSWEGO, PONTIAC, PLAINFIELD, FAIRBURY, LA GRANGE,
MORRIS, NAPERVILLE, MOKENA, YORKVILLE, AND OAK PARK
1203 AM CDT THU MAR 20 2025
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY
* WHAT...ACCUMULATING HEAVY WET WIND-WHIPPED SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 2 TO 4 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL, AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS
AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY WINDS
COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL AT UP TO AN INCH
PER HOUR FOR A PERIOD OVERNIGHT. WHILE ROAD TEMPERATURES REMAIN
ABOVE FREEZING, THE HEAVY SNOW RATES WILL ALLOW FOR SLUSHY
ACCUMULATIONS ON PAVED SURFACES, WITH BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES
EXPECTED TO BE THE MOST VULNERABLE TO SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS. THE
COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO
RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
OVERNIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AROUND DAYBREAK THIS MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS FOR ILLINOIS CAN BE OBTAINED AT
WWW.GETTINGAROUNDILLINOIS.COM. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
INDIANA CAN BE OBTAINED AT HTTPS://511IN.ORG.
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