Weather Alerts

WIND ADVISORY WILL COUNTY (ILZ022)

Effective: Mon, Sep 6, 2010 03:56pm CDT	Severity: Minor
Updated: Mon, Sep 6, 2010 03:56pm CDT	Urgency: Expected
Expires: Tue, Sep 7, 2010 07:00pm CDT	Certainty: Likely

Areas Affected: Boone; Bureau; Carroll; Cook; DeKalb; DuPage; Green; Grundy; Kane; Kankakee; Kendall; Kenosha; La Salle; Lake; Lee; McHenry; Ogle; Rock; Stephenson; Walworth; Whiteside; Will; Winnebago

Alert: .A STONG LOW OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO SOUTHERN QUEBEC BY TUESDAY EVENING. THIS LOW IS FORECAST TO DEEPEN CONSIDERABLY. THIS WILL GIVE A STRONG WIND AND STRONG GUSTS OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THE WIND WILL INCREASE AFTER 1 PM AND WILL DIMINISH AFTER 7 PM. * WINDS...THE WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND SPEED COULD BE AS HIGH AS 30 MPH. THERE COULD BE GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. MOST OF THE STRONG WIND WILL BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM AMBOY ILLINOIS TO DE MOTTE INDIANA. * IMPACTS...IF YOU ARE DRIVING A LARGE VEHICLE YOU COULD HAVE CONTROL PROBLEMS. ORNAMENTS AND OTHER PARTS OF BUILDINGS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN. SMALL ITEMS SUCH AS TRAMPOLINES...GARBAGE CANS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. Instructions: A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

WIND ADVISORY WILL COUNTY (ILZ022)

Effective: Mon, Sep 6, 2010 03:56pm CDT	Severity: Minor
Updated: Mon, Sep 6, 2010 03:56pm CDT	Urgency: Expected
Expires: Tue, Sep 7, 2010 07:00pm CDT	Certainty: Likely

Areas Affected: Cook; Jasper; Kankakee; La Porte; Lake; Newton; Porter; Starke; Will

Alert: .A STONG LOW OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO SOUTHERN QUEBEC BY TUESDAY EVENING. THIS LOW IS FORECAST TO DEEPEN CONSIDERABLY. THIS WILL GIVE A STRONG WIND AND STRONG GUSTS OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THE WIND WILL INCREASE AFTER 1 PM AND WILL DIMINISH AFTER 7 PM. * WINDS...THE WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND SPEED COULD BE AS HIGH AS 30 MPH. THERE COULD BE GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. MOST OF THE STRONG WIND WILL BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM AMBOY ILLINOIS TO DE MOTTE INDIANA. * IMPACTS...IF YOU ARE DRIVING A LARGE VEHICLE YOU COULD HAVE CONTROL PROBLEMS. ORNAMENTS AND OTHER PARTS OF BUILDINGS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN. SMALL ITEMS SUCH AS TRAMPOLINES...GARBAGE CANS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. Instructions: A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.