URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1227 PM CST WED NOV 9 2011
Some property damage and lines down reported already.
DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-
LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…DEKALB…AURORA…WHEATON…CHICAGO…
OTTAWA…OSWEGO…MORRIS…JOLIET…KANKAKEE…PONTIAC…
WATSEKA…PAXTON…GARY…VALPARAISO…MOROCCO…RENSSELAER…
FOWLER
1227 PM CST WED NOV 9 2011 /127 PM EST WED NOV 9 2011/
…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/ THIS
EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/ THIS
EVENING.
* TIMING…EXPECT STRONG WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS A SURFACE
LOW BEGINS TO LIFT NORTHEAST OF THE AREA.
* WINDS…WEST TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL
QUICKLY ABATE THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS…THESE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND
MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.