FLUS43 KLOT 011031
HWOLOT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
431 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2014
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-
DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-
IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
431 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2014 /531 AM EST SAT MAR 1 2014/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
A NARROW BAND OF SNOW WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA THIS
MORNING...PRODUCING UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW.
ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN OVER THE ROCKFORD METRO AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND THEN SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE EVENING...AND
PERSISTING OVERNIGHT. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY AREA-WIDE BY
SUNDAY MORNING.
LOCALIZED RIVER FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE
ILLINOIS...IROQUOIS AND KANKAKEE RIVERS. THERE IS AN INCREASED
RISK OF LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY FOR LOCATIONS
SOUTH OF THE KANKAKEE AND ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEYS. SNOW WILL COME
TO AN END OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE
SNOW SHOULD COME TO AN END OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS NORTH OF
THE I-80 CORRIDOR BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING...WHILE TRANSITIONING
OVER TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS FOR FAR NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AND
FAR NORTHWESTERN INDIANA. AROUND 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY
FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE ILLINOIS AND KANKAKEE RIVERS...WITH 5
TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED FOR LOCATIONS TO THE SOUTH. THE LAKE EFFECT
SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD BRING ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS.
WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FOR MONDAY
MORNING.
LOCALIZED RIVER FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE
ILLINOIS...IROQUOIS AND KANKAKEE RIVERS. THERE IS AN INCREASED
RISK OF LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.
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