Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
342 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

ILZ003>005-008-010>012-019>022-240230-
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-LA SALLE-KENDALL-
GRUNDY-WILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...
JOLIET
342 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

...PATCHY FROST POSSIBLE TONIGHT...

AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG AREA OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED
TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER ACROSS THE MID AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS
UNDER THIS HIGH WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE MIDDLE
TO UPPER 30S ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES THIS
COLD COULD RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME PATCHY FROST ACROSS
THE AREA LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. ALTHOUGH
WIDESPREAD FROST IS NOT EXPECTED...ANY FROST THAT DOES FORM COULD
RESULT IN DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD QUICKLY WARM AFTER SUNRISE ON FRIDAY...ENDING
THE THREAT.

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KJB

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Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
340 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
242045-
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-
340 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013 /440 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PATCHY FROST IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT FOR AREAS WEST OF A
WAUKEGAN TO JOLIET TO KANKAKEE LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THERE WILL BE PERIODIC CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.

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