Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
953 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2013

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
190300-
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-
953 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2013 /1053 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING...MAINLY IN
NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

PORTIONS OF THE KANKAKEE RIVER WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON OVER
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

HIGH WAVES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG THE
ILLINOIS AND INDIANA SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AND NIGHT.

PORTIONS OF THE KANKAKEE RIVER WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT.

THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AGAIN HEADING
INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

.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
1226 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

ILZ006-014-INZ001-002-181330-
/O.CON.KLOT.BH.S.0005.130618T1800Z-130619T0900Z/
LAKE IL-COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER-
1226 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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

* STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED.

* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED.

* OVERVIEW...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY
  TUESDAY LEADING TO BUILDING WAVES UP TO 3 TO 5 FEET DURING THE
  AFTERNOON AND INTO THE NIGHT.

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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