SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

205 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2011

WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-

LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-

LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...

WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...

OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...

WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...

FOWLER

205 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2011 /305 PM EDT TUE SEP 13 2011/

...SMOKE FROM NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA WILD FIRE SPREADING INTO

NORTHERN ILLINOIS...

SMOKE FROM A LARGE WILDFIRE OVER NORTHEAST MINNESOTA HAS BEEN

MOVING INTO FAR NORTHERN ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON...DUE TO

NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WHICH MOVED ACROSS THE AREA

EARLY THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE FIRE IS MORE THAN 400 MILES

NORTHWEST OF THE AREA...THE COMBINATION OF SINKING AIR AND

NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT HAS TRANSPORTED SMOKE ALL THE WAY

INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THE SMOKE WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE

AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BEFORE WINDS BECOME MORE

WESTERLY IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT WHICH WILL APPROACH

EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SMOKE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO SPREAD TO

THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST

INDIANA THROUGH THIS EVENING. EXPECT HAZY SKIES AND A DISTINCT

BURNING ODOR.

THE LAKE COUNTY ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS THAT SMOKE IS

PREVALENT ENOUGH TO CAUSE PEOPLE TO REPORT DIFFICULTY BREATHING

AND BURNING OF THEIR EYES.

INDIVIDUALS WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE

SMOKE AFFECTS THE AREA.