Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
259 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
252000-
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-
259 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013 /359 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FOR THE
ILLINOIS AND INDIANA LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE WILL BE PERIODIC CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.

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Beach Hazards Statement

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
943 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

ILZ006-014-242245-
/O.CON.KLOT.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-130525T0000Z/
LAKE IL-COOK-
943 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

* HIGH WAVE ACTION EXPECTED...

* STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED...

* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED...

* OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS
  WILL GUST TO 20 TO 25 MPH THIS MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING INTO
  THE AFTERNOON. WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FT WITH OCCASIONAL LARGER WAVES
  WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS AND
  WAVES WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AT LAKE MICHIGAN
  BEACHES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DANGEROUS POUNDING WAVES AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY
OUT OF THE WATER.

RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN
SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD.

STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS AND BREAKWALLS WHERE
LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE.
STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER
STRUCTURE.

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