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FLUS43 KLOT 192132  
HWOLOT  
 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
332 PM CST MON JAN 19 2026  
 
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-  
010-011-019-202145-  
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-  
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-  
NORTHERN COOK-CENTRAL COOK-SOUTHERN COOK-NORTHERN WILL-  
SOUTHERN WILL-EASTERN WILL-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-  
332 PM CST MON JAN 19 2026 /432 PM EST MON JAN 19 2026/  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL  
ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.  
   
DAY ONE  
TONIGHT.  
 
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...  
 
LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
COLD WIND CHILLS TO AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT.  
 
EXTENSIVE ICE COVER ON AREA RIVERS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED ICE JAM  
FLOODING.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN  
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.  
 
TUESDAY MORNING...  
LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.  
TUESDAY NIGHT...  
LIMITED SNOW RISK.  
WEDNESDAY EVENING...  
LIMITED SNOW RISK.  
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...  
ELEVATED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY  
MORNING, ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80,  
WHICH MAY AFFECT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.  
 
BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT INTO THIS  
WEEKEND.  
 
EXTENSIVE ICE COVER ON AREA RIVERS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED ICE JAM  
FLOODING.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT  
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.  
 
 
 
LMZ740>745-202145-  
WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL-  
WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND IL-  
NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR IL-  
CALUMET HARBOR IL TO GARY IN-GARY TO BURNS HARBOR IN-  
BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY IN-  
332 PM CST MON JAN 19 2026  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS  
NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE INDIANA NEARSHORE  
WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.  
   
DAY ONE  
TONIGHT.  
 
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...  
 
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.  
SIGNIFICANT FREEZING SPRAY RISK THIS EVENING NORTHWEST INDIANA SHORE.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN  
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.  
 
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...  
ELEVATED FREEZING SPRAY RISK NORTHWEST INDIANA SHORE.  
 
TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY AT TIMES.  
 
 
 
KJB  
 
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