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WWUS73 KLOT 210901
NPWLOT
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
301 AM CST WED JAN 21 2026
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-103>108-211915-
/O.NEW.KLOT.EC.A.0001.260123T0900Z-260123T1800Z/
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-LA
SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-NORTHERN COOK-CENTRAL
COOK-SOUTHERN COOK-NORTHERN WILL-SOUTHERN WILL-EASTERN WILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF OTTAWA, CAROL STREAM, CICERO, ROCKFORD,
NAPERVILLE, COAL CITY, KANKAKEE, MENDOTA, DES PLAINES, PEOTONE,
BEECHER, MORRIS, DOWNERS GROVE, NORTHBROOK, CHANNAHON, SYCAMORE,
BYRON, PLANO, CALUMET CITY, EVANSTON, ELGIN, DIXON, AURORA,
YORKVILLE, MARSEILLES, SCHAUMBURG, CHICAGO, ROCHELLE,
BOLINGBROOK, WILMINGTON, BOURBONNAIS, JOLIET, LOMBARD, MOKENA,
MINOOKA, DWIGHT, MANHATTAN, GURNEE, WAUKEGAN, FAIRBURY, LEMONT,
OREGON, MCHENRY, LA SALLE, OAK FOREST, PARK FOREST, OAK PARK,
ORLAND PARK, PLAINFIELD, MUNDELEIN, PALATINE, CRETE, STREATOR,
OSWEGO, BELVIDERE, CRYSTAL LAKE, DEKALB, PONTIAC, OAK LAWN, LA
GRANGE, WOODSTOCK, BRADLEY, ALGONQUIN, BUFFALO GROVE, AND WHEATON
301 AM CST WED JAN 21 2026
...EXTREME COLD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 30 TO 35 BELOW
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL, AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS.
* WHEN...FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO
COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DRESS IN SEVERAL LAYERS INCLUDING A HAT, FACE MASK, AND GLOVES IF
YOU MUST GO OUTSIDE.
CHECK ON OLDER FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND NEIGHBORS. KEEP PETS INDOORS AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
PETR
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