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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Chicago IL

228 PM CST Fri Dec 12 2025



ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-010-

011-019-130630-

/O.NEW.KLOT.CW.Y.0007.251214T0200Z-251214T1800Z/

Winnebago-Boone-McHenry-Lake IL-Ogle-Lee-De Kalb-Kane-DuPage-La

Salle-Kendall-Grundy-Kankakee-Livingston-Iroquois-Ford-Northern

Cook-Central Cook-Southern Cook-Northern Will-Southern Will-

Eastern Will-Lake IN-Newton-Jasper-Benton-

Including the cities of Crystal Lake, Dixon, Mendota, Palatine,

Rensselaer, Northbrook, Gilman, Evanston, Des Plaines, DeKalb,

Crete, Lemont, Paxton, Kentland, Gurnee, Plainfield, Oswego,

Minooka, Kankakee, Byron, McHenry, Marseilles, Chicago, Hammond,

Joliet, Gary, Peotone, Channahon, Yorkville, Elgin, Dwight,

Ottawa, Downers Grove, DeMotte, Sycamore, Gibson City, Oxford,

Lombard, Wilmington, Streator, Pontiac, Algonquin, Merrillville,

Cicero, Rockford, Roselawn, Morocco, La Grange, Woodstock, Orland

Park, Oregon, Calumet City, Park Forest, La Salle, Buffalo Grove,

Beecher, Fairbury, Wheaton, Watseka, Mokena, Belvidere, Coal

City, Plano, Carol Stream, Aurora, Manhattan, Bradley, Oak Park,

Oak Lawn, Waukegan, Mundelein, Bourbonnais, Fowler, Oak Forest,

Rochelle, Bolingbrook, Naperville, Schaumburg, and Morris

228 PM CST Fri Dec 12 2025 /328 PM EST Fri Dec 12 2025/



...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM CST /9 PM EST/ SATURDAY 

TO NOON CST /1 PM EST/ SUNDAY...



* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as 20 to 25 below expected.



* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, and 

  northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana.



* WHEN...From 8 PM CST /9 PM EST/ Saturday to noon CST /1 PM EST/ 

  Sunday.



* IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 25 below zero 

  could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a 

hat, and gloves.



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