Thursday, January 31, 2019

Wind Chill Warning for McHenry Co., IL until 12:00 PM CST 1/31

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URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Chicago IL 1201 AM CST Thu Jan 31 2019

…Dangerous Cold Through This Morning…

/O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-190131T1800Z/ Winnebago-Boone-McHenry-Lake IL-Ogle-Lee-DeKalb-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, Elgin, Wheaton, Chicago, Ottawa, Oswego, Morris, Joliet, Kankakee, Pontiac, Watseka, Paxton, Gary, Valparaiso, Morocco, Rensselaer, and Fowler 1201 AM CST Thu Jan 31 2019 /101 AM EST Thu Jan 31 2019/

…WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /1 PM EST/ TODAY…

  • WHAT…Dangerously cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 30 to 50 below.

  • WHERE…Portions of northwest Indiana and north central and northeast Illinois.

  • WHEN…Until noon CST /1 PM EST/ today.

  • ADDITIONAL DETAILS…The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 5 to 10 minutes.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A Wind Chill Warning means the combination of very cold air and the wind will create dangerously low wind chill values. Frostbite can occur quickly and even hypothermia or death if precautions are not taken.

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