SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
935 AM CST WED NOV 9 2011
KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-
IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…AURORA…WHEATON…CHICAGO…OTTAWA…
OSWEGO…MORRIS…JOLIET…KANKAKEE…PONTIAC…WATSEKA…
PAXTON…GARY…VALPARAISO…MOROCCO…RENSSELAER…FOWLER
935 AM CST WED NOV 9 2011 /1035 AM EST WED NOV 9 2011/
…PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING…
A POTENT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS MOVING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN
ILLINOIS THIS MORNING. ALONG THE BACK SIDE OF THIS LOW…WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH OUT OF THE WEST NORTHWEST TODAY.
HOWEVER…THERE COULD BE A BRIEF HOUR OR TWO PERIOD OF STRONGER
WINDS UP TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH LATE THIS MORNING AND
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGHER PRESSURE RAPIDLY BUILDS IN BEHIND
THE EXITING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE. THE WINDS WILL QUICKLY ABATE
THIS EVENING.
WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY
DAMAGE…AS WELL AS MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES.