Sunday-Monday, March 15-16th – Snow Event

(12:30PM – Saturday, March 14th, 2026) Winter storm to bring accumulating snow to portions of the state late weekend/early this upcoming week… ⏰Timing…•Sunday Evening – Monday Afternoon, March 15-16th. 📍Location…•Northern & Central Illinois. ❄️Hazards…•Widespread light snowfall accumulation of a dusting to 2-5″ will be possible across Northern and Central Illinois,…

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Sunday-Monday, March 15-16th – High Wind Event

(11:15AM – Saturday, March 14th, 2026) Two periods of high winds likely from Sunday morning through Monday midday… ⏰Timing…•Sunday Morning – Monday Midday, March 15-16th. 📍Location…•All of Illinois. 💨Hazard…•Peak high wind gusts of 40-60MPH will be likely across the state in two overlapping waves between Sunday morning and Monday midday.•Winds…

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Sunday, March 15th – Severe T’Storm Event – Update #2

(10:15AM – Saturday, March 14th, 2026) State-wide severe t’storm threat on Sunday… ⚠️Update…•With this update, we have expanded level 2 severe t’storm probabilities and have upgraded portions of the state to level 3 severe t’storm probabilities. These changes were made based on increasing confidence that higher coverage severe t’storm potential…

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Thursday-Friday, March 12-13th – High Wind Event – Update #4

(9:30PM – Thursday, March 12th, 2026) High Winds – potentially damaging – expected from tonight thru Friday afternoon… ⏰Timing…•Tonight – Friday Afternoon, March 12-13th. 📍Location…•Much of Illinois. 💨Hazard…•Peak synoptic high wind gusts of 40-60MPH will be likely across a large portion of the state from tonight through Friday afternoon. Locally…

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Thursday-Friday, March 12-13th – High Wind Event – Update #3

(11:30AM – Thursday, March 12th, 2026) A period of high winds, potentially damaging, likely from this evening thru Friday afternoon… ⏰Timing…•Thursday Evening – Friday Afternoon, March 12-13th. 📍Location…•Much of Illinois. 💨Hazard…•Peak synoptic high wind gusts of 40-60MPH will be likely across a large portion of the state from this evening…

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Thursday-Friday, March 12-13th – High Wind Event – Update #2

(11:30PM – Wednesday, March 11th, 2026) High wind expected from Thursday evening through Friday afternoon… ⏰Timing…•Thursday Evening – Friday Afternoon, March 12-13th. 📍Location…•Northern & Central Illinois. 💨Hazard…•Peak high wind gusts of 40-60MPH will be likely across Northern and Central Illinois from Thursday evening through Friday afternoon. Locally higher wind gusts…

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Thursday-Friday, March 12-13th – High Wind Event

(12:45PM – Wednesday, March 11th, 2026) A period of high winds likely from Thursday evening through Friday afternoon… ⏰Timing…•Thursday Evening – Friday Afternoon, March 12-13th. 📍Location…•Northern & Central Illinois. 💨Hazard…•Peak high wind gusts of 40-55MPH will be likely across Northern and Central Illinois from Thursday evening through Friday afternoon.•Winds will…

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Tuesday-Wednesday, March 10-11th – Severe T’Storm Event – Update #6

(11:30AM – Wednesday, March 11th, 2026) Severe t’storm threat continues through later this afternoon… #ILwx ⚠️Update…•With this update, we have adjusted the forecast for the remainder of today to account for trends and real time observations. ⏰📍Timing & Location…•Thru This Afternoon, March 11th: Southern Illinois. ⚡️Hazards•A level 1 severe t’storm…

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Tuesday-Wednesday, March 10-11th – Severe T’Storm Event – Update #5

(11:30PM – Tuesday, March 10th, 2026) Severe t’storm threat continues into Wednesday… ⚠️Update…•With this update, we have adjusted the forecast for the remainder of tonight and into early Wednesday morning, to account for trends and real time observations. For Wednesday’s forecast, we have adjusted severe t’storm probabilities slightly further north….

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