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HWOLOT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
408 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2013

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
130915-
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-
DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-
IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
408 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2013 /508 AM EDT WED JUN 12 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME COULD PRODUCE:
   STRONG TORNADOES
   DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH
   HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS
   VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

   A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER IOWA WILL LIKELY BE WEAKENING
   AS IT MOVES ACROSS FAR NORTHERN ILLINOIS THIS MORNING.
   SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP EARLY THIS
   AFTERNOON OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STORMS
   ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
   EVENING AS THEY SPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST
   INDIANA.

  DISCUSSION:

   A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION
   THIS EVENING. LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL MOVE ALONG A
   NEARLY STATIONARY WARM FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND
   INDIANA THIS EVENING. A VERY WARM...HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS
   WILL BE IN PLACE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT. THE
   COMBINATION OF STRONG INSTABILITY AND STRENGTHENING WIND SHEAR
   WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK
   FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION... HEAVY
   RAINFALL...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-80 CORRIDOR WILL LEAD
   TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
   TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THURSDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

$$

LMZ740>745-130915-
WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR-
WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND-
NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR-CALUMET HARBOR TO GARY-
GARY TO BURNS HARBOR-BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY-
408 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS NEARSHORE
WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 50 KTS AND LARGE HAIL...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.

STRONG WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR
SMALL CRAFT LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

STRONG WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR
SMALL CRAFT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

&&

$$

LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-
870-872-874-876-878-130915-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO THE
MACKINAC BRIDGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHARLEVOIX MI TO SOUTH
FOX ISLAND 5 NM OFFSHORE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM CHARLEVOIX TO POINT BETSIE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM POINT BETSIE TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY TO TWO RIVERS WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI 5 NM OFFSHORE
TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WILMETTE HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ST. JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
408 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER THE SOUTH HALF OF LAKE MICHIGAN. SOME
STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KTS AND LARGE
HAIL...MAINLY OVER FAR SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

&&

$$

ALLSOPP

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