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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
800 AM CST WED JAN 14 2026
ILC031-091-197-INC073-089-111-127-141500-
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WILL IL-KANKAKEE IL-COOK IL-NEWTON IN-PORTER IN-LAKE IN-JASPER IN-
800 AM CST WED JAN 14 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN KANKAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
PORTER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 900 AM CST.
* AT 759 AM CST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM PLAINFIELD TO NEAR MERRILLVILLE TO WESTVILLE, MOVING
SOUTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...FLASH FREEZE ON ROADS. INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW.
GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY
RAPIDLY FALLING TO LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE. WIND GUSTS
UP TO 50 MPH COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN THE WARNING AREA.
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 235 AND 259.
I-57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 316 AND 343.
I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 123 AND 150.
I-355 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 4.
INDIANA I-65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 227 AND 255.
THIS SNOW SQUALL WILL BE NEAR...
JOLIET, TINLEY PARK, ROMEOVILLE, PLAINFIELD, MERRILLVILLE,
VALPARAISO, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, SCHERERVILLE, CROWN POINT, AND
LOCKPORT AROUND 805 AM CST.
CHANNAHON, HEBRON, MANHATTAN, BEECHER, AND LAKE DALECARLIA AROUND
810 AM CST.
LOWELL, ELWOOD, AND KOUTS AROUND 815 AM CST.
PEOTONE AROUND 820 AM CST.
DEMOTTE, GRANT PARK, AND SHELBY AROUND 830 AM CST.
MANTENO, WILMINGTON, WHEATFIELD, AND ROSELAWN AROUND 835 AM CST.
MOMENCE AND LAKE VILLAGE AROUND 840 AM CST.
BOURBONNAIS AND BRADLEY AROUND 845 AM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WET ROADWAYS WILL QUICKLY FREEZE. BLACK ICE WILL CAUSE ROADS,
BRIDGES, AND OVERPASSES TO BECOME SLICK AND DANGEROUS. SLOW DOWN AND
BE PREPARED FOR A SUDDEN LOSS OF TRACTION.
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 4110 8719 4121 8824 4163 8826 4150 8739
4155 8693 4113 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 1359Z 342DEG 27KT 4162 8818 4147 8738 4153 8687
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
SNOW SQUALL IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT
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