URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
348 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011
…BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING…
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
* TIMING..THROUGH NOON CST TODAY.
* WIND CHILL VALUES…20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO.
* IMPACTS…WIND CHILL VALUES AT THIS LEVEL WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE
TO EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS…MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.
BRING PETS INDOORS. PETS CAN SUFFER FROM FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA SIMILAR TO THEIR HUMAN CAREGIVERS.
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ROCKFORD…BELVIDERE…WOODSTOCK… WAUKEGAN…OREGON…DIXON…DEKALB…AURORA…WHEATON…CHICAGO…
OTTAWA…OSWEGO…MORRIS…JOLIET
348 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011
INITIAL ADVISORY …
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WIND CHILL ADVISORY ISSUED 350 AM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 …BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT…
ARCTIC AIR MASS CONTINUES TO SETTLE INTO THE REGION TODAY AND WILL LINGER THROUGH THURSDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TODAY BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH…THEN GRADUALLY TURN TO THE WEST THIS EVENING. SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR THIS AFTERNOON WITH NEAR STEADY TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET…TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO STEADILY COOL. THE COMBINATION OF SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES THIS EVENING AND STEADY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH…WILL CREATE VERY COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ROCKFORD…BELVIDERE…WOODSTOCK…
WAUKEGAN…OREGON…DIXON…DEKALB…AURORA…WHEATON…CHICAGO…OTTAWA…OSWEGO…MORRIS…JOLIET
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST WEDNESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING…9PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON CST WEDNESDAY.
* WIND CHILL VALUES…20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO.
* IMPACTS…WIND CHILL VALUES AT THIS LEVEL WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE
TO EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS…MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.
BRING PETS INDOORS. PETS CAN SUFFER FROM FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA SIMILAR TO THEIR HUMAN CAREGIVERS.
