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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Chicago IL
258 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

ILZ003>006-008-010>012-103-250400-
/O.UPG.KLOT.FZ.A.0001.240425T0500Z-240425T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KLOT.FZ.W.0002.240425T0500Z-240425T1300Z/
Winnebago-Boone-McHenry-Lake IL-Ogle-Lee-De Kalb-Kane-
Northern Cook-
Including the cities of Rockford, Belvidere, Crystal Lake,
Algonquin, McHenry, Woodstock, Waukegan, Buffalo Grove,
Mundelein, Gurnee, Rochelle, Oregon, Byron, Dixon, DeKalb,
Sycamore, Aurora, Elgin, Evanston, Des Plaines, Schaumburg,
Palatine, and Northbrook
258 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 expected.

* WHERE...Portions of north central and northeast Illinois.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM CDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other
  sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
  plumbing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

ILZ013-250400-
/O.NEW.KLOT.FZ.W.0002.240425T0500Z-240425T1300Z/
DuPage-
Including the cities of Naperville, Wheaton, Downers Grove,
Lombard, and Carol Stream
258 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected.

* WHERE...DuPage County.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM CDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other
  sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
  plumbing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

ILZ019>021-023-032-033-039-105>108-INZ001-002-010-011-019-250400-
/O.NEW.KLOT.FR.Y.0003.240425T0500Z-240425T1300Z/
La Salle-Kendall-Grundy-Kankakee-Livingston-Iroquois-Ford-
Southern Cook-Northern Will-Southern Will-Eastern Will-Lake IN-
Porter-Newton-Jasper-Benton-
Including the cities of Ottawa, Streator, La Salle, Mendota,
Marseilles, Oswego, Yorkville, Plano, Morris, Coal City, Minooka,
Kankakee, Bourbonnais, Bradley, Pontiac, Dwight, Fairbury,
Watseka, Gilman, Paxton, Gibson City, Calumet City, Oak Forest,
Lemont, Orland Park, Park Forest, Joliet, Bolingbrook,
Plainfield, Mokena, Channahon, Manhattan, Wilmington, Crete,
Peotone, Beecher, Gary, Hammond, Merrillville, Portage,
Valparaiso, Chesterton, Roselawn, Kentland, Morocco, Rensselaer,
DeMotte, Fowler, and Oxford
258 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 /358 PM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024/

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CDT /1 AM EDT/ TONIGHT
TO 8 AM CDT /9 AM EDT/ THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 30 will result in frost
  formation.

* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central and
  northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana.

* WHEN...From midnight CDT /1 AM EDT/ tonight to 8 AM CDT /9 AM
  EDT/ Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if left
  uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$