345  
WWUS73 KLOT 180438  
NPWLOT  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
1138 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 2026  
 
ILZ023-032-033-039-108-INZ001-002-010-011-019-181300-  
/O.CON.KLOT.FR.Y.0006.261018T0800Z-261018T1300Z/  
KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-EASTERN WILL-LAKE IN-PORTER-  
NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ROSELAWN, DWIGHT, BOURBONNAIS, VALPARAISO,  
PAXTON, WATSEKA, OXFORD, PONTIAC, RENSSELAER, KANKAKEE, GIBSON CITY,  
MOROCCO, CHESTERTON, BEECHER, FOWLER, MERRILLVILLE, GARY, BRADLEY,  
PEOTONE, FAIRBURY, PORTAGE, CRETE, KENTLAND, HAMMOND, DEMOTTE, AND  
GILMAN  
1138 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 2026 /1238 AM EDT SUN OCT 18 2026/  
 
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT TO 8 AM CDT  
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 TO 8 AM CDT 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.  
 

 
 

 
 
- IZZI  
 
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