Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
252 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
192000-
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-
252 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013 /352 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN OTTAWA
TO KANKAKEE LINE. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT
DO DEVELOP WILL BE SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

PORTIONS OF THE KANKAKEE RIVER IN INDIANA WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD.

HIGH WAVES AND/OR STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS SWIMMING
CONDITIONS FOR ILLINOIS AND INDIANA BEACHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

WHILE THE MAJORITY OF THE PERIOD WILL BE DRY...ONE OR TWO ROUNDS
OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. IF
THUNDERSTORMS DO INDEED OCCUR...THEY COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS
AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

PORTIONS OF THE KANKAKEE RIVER IN INDIANA WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.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
245 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

ILZ006-014-INZ001-002-190345-
/O.CON.KLOT.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-130619T0900Z/
LAKE IL-COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER-
245 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

* HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED...

* STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED.

* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED.

* OVERVIEW...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH
  INTO THIS EVENING LEADING TO WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET.

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.

PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS

&&

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KJB

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