...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 912 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
10 MILE WIDE INTENSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SQUALL CENTERED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF MONTROSE HARBOR TO HYDE PARK TO
BURNHAM TO LYNWOOD TO BEECHER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

INTENSE SNOWFALL WITHIN THIS BAND AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DROP
VISIBILITIES TO ONLY A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET. SNOW FALL RATES OF UP TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS BAND MOVES SLOWLY EASTWARD.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTH CHICAGO... WHITING... MUNSTER...
HAMMOND... DYER... SCHERERVILLE...
GRIFFITH... EAST CHICAGO... CEDAR LAKE...
ST. JOHN... HIGHLAND...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.