466  
WWUS73 KLOT 171824  
NPWLOT  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
124 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 2026  
 
ILZ023-032-033-039-108-INZ001-002-010-011-019-180430-  
/O.CON.KLOT.FR.Y.0006.261018T0800Z-261018T1300Z/  
KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-EASTERN WILL-LAKE IN-PORTER-  
NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PAXTON, MERRILLVILLE, PORTAGE, DWIGHT,  
FOWLER, WATSEKA, PONTIAC, CRETE, OXFORD, DEMOTTE, GARY, BOURBONNAIS,  
GILMAN, MOROCCO, PEOTONE, BEECHER, VALPARAISO, KENTLAND, RENSSELAER,  
GIBSON CITY, KANKAKEE, ROSELAWN, CHESTERTON, HAMMOND, FAIRBURY, AND  
BRADLEY  
124 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 2026 /224 PM EDT SAT OCT 17 2026/  
 
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT /4 AM EDT/ TO 8 AM  
CDT /9 AM EDT/ SUNDAY...  
 
* WHAT...LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 30S WILL RESULT IN FROST  
FORMATION.  
 
* WHERE...IN ILLINOIS, LIVINGSTON, FORD, IROQUOIS, EASTERN WILL, AND  
KANKAKEE COUNTIES. IN INDIANA, BENTON, JASPER, LAKE IN, NEWTON, AND  
PORTER COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 3 AM CDT /4 AM EDT/ TO 8 AM CDT /9 AM EDT/ SUNDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FROST COULD HARM SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. SENSITIVE  
OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER PLANTS FROM THE COLD.  
 

 
 

 
 
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