URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
337 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011
5 BELOW at 5:00 a.m. Thursday February 10, 2011.
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST /11 AM
EST/ THIS MORNING…
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST /11 AM
EST/ THIS MORNING.
* WIND CHILL VALUES…20 TO 30 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-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ROCKFORD…BELVIDERE…WOODSTOCK…
WAUKEGAN…OREGON…DIXON…DEKALB…AURORA…WHEATON…CHICAGO…
OTTAWA…OSWEGO…MORRIS…JOLIET…KANKAKEE…PONTIAC…
WATSEKA…PAXTON…GARY…VALPARAISO…MOROCCO…RENSSELAER…
FOWLER
BEACHLER
