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Tracking Late December Winter Storm Expected to Impact the Northern Plains through the Northeast U.S.

A winter storm system will rapidly intensify over the Midwest on Sunday and track through the Great Lakes on Monday. Periods of heavy snow are anticipated across the Upper Great Lakes late Sunday and continuing into Monday. At least 1/10 inch of ice accumulation is expected from a wintry mix across much of the interior Northeast U.S. starting Sunday afternoon. Read More >

...NOAA Weather Radio Outage Today, June 16, 2025...

Due to a scheduled system upgrade at the National Weather Service
in Chicago/Romeoville, IL, the following NOAA Weather Radios will be
off the air today:

 - KWO-39 Chicago, IL
 - KZZ-81 Lockport, IL
 - KZZ-57 Rockford, IL
 - WNG-536 DeKalb, IL
 - KZZ-55 Dixon, IL
 - WNG-689 Hebron, IN
 - KXI-41 Crystal Lake, IL
 - KXI-58 Plano, IL
 - WXK-24 Odell, IL
 - KXI-86 Crescent City, IL
 - KZZ-58 Kankakee, IL

We hope to resume broadcast weather information by this evening,
June 16, 2025. 

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please
visit weather.gov/chicago, or tune to local media for updated
weather information during this outage.

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NWS Chicago