URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1018 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
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
1018 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 /1118 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2012/
…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /2 AM EDT/ MONDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /2 AM EDT/ MONDAY.
* TIMING…WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
AND WILL LIKELY PEAK IN STRENGTH THIS EVENING.
* WINDS…SUSTAINED WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY LATE
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 45 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH…OR
GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH…ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE UNLESS PRECAUTIONS ARE TAKEN. DRIVING
MAY BE DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS
SHOULD BE ALERT AND USE CAUTION.