NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALERT 1:36 PM Sunday Wind Advisory
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1146 AM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012
[1:35 PM CDT: Radar indicates severe thunderstorms arriving this afternoon — first round likely to affect areas near Harper College and Interstate 90 by 2:15 p.m.]
…STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY…
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
KENDALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ROCKFORD…BELVIDERE…WOODSTOCK…
WAUKEGAN…OREGON…DIXON…DEKALB…AURORA…WHEATON…CHICAGO…
OSWEGO
…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* TIMING AND WIND SPEEDS…SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE
TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH BY MIDDAY. A
COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON TURNING THE
WINDS OUT OF THE WEST. AS THE FRONT PASSES…THERE COULD BE A
FEW GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO ABATE THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS…WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE
AND CAN BE DANGEROUS TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
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.
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