SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT: WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
605 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012

WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET
605 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012

...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...



SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL COME UP QUICKLY THIS MORNING ACROSS
NORTHERN ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE CHICAGO AND ROCKFORD AREAS.
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REACH 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. SUCH WIND GUSTS COULD MAKE
TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON EAST
WEST ORIENTED ROADS. THE GUSTS WILL SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT THIS
EVENING...WITH SIMILAR GUSTS FAVORED AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY.