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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1044 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
201545-
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-
1044 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 /1144 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY PRODUCE...
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
   HAIL ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.
   LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.
   CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING INTO THE
  OVERNIGHT HOURS...FIRST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND THEN
  SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT.

  DISCUSSION:

  AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT.
  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEST OF THE AREA LATER
  TODAY SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. ANY
  STORMS THAT DO MOVE INTO THE AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN A
  DISSIPATING STAGE...WITH THE BEST 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 WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

$$

LMZ740>745-201545-
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-
1044 AM 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

.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.

&&

$$

LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-
870-872-874-876-878-201545-
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-
1044 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

AREAS OF FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE LAKE.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. 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.

&&

$$

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