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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
736 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
210045-
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-
736 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 /836 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY PRODUCE...
   WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH.
   HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.
   LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.
   CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
  ILLINOIS DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING WHICH WILL HAVE SEVERE
  WEATHER POTENTIAL. THERE THEN WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
  IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...FIRST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND
  THEN SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA TOWARD DAYBREAK.

  DISCUSSION:

 THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST ILLINOIS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO NORTH
 CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THE EVENING. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A
 HISTORY OF SOME SEVERE WEATHER AND WILL MAINTAIN THAT THREAT
 THROUGH MIDNIGHT OR SO. MORE STORMS OVER THE PLAINS WILL MOVE
 NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. WHILE THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
 IN A DISSIPATING STAGE...THERE WILL REMAIN A CHANCE OF SEVERE
 WEATHER...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A ROCKFORD TO PONTIAC LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING THIS SAME TIME
PERIOD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS
WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
THAT FORM ALONG WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ESPECIALLY MONDAY
NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD REACH 3 INCHES IN
SOME AREAS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED
FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TEMPORARILY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS THIS EVENING.

&&

$$

LMZ740>745-210045-
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-
736 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN
35 KNOTS.

PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING THIS SAME TIME
PERIOD. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE WIND GUSTS
GREATER THAN 35 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL.

STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ON
MONDAY. STRONG WINDS AND HIGH WAVES MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

&&

$$

LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-
870-872-874-876-878-210045-
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-
736 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

AREAS OF FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE LAKE.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY
PRODUCE
WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 KNOTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS
THE ENTIRE LAKE.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING THIS SAME TIME
PERIOD. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE WIND GUSTS
GREATER THAN 35 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL.

&&

$$

MTF

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