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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
645 PM CDT TUE JUL 20 2004

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>022-023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019
-211100- 
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DU PAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
400 PM CDT TUE JUL 20 2004

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

.DAY ONE... TONIGHT

THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS UNTIL 10 
PM CDT TONIGHT. THIS WATCH IS FOR AN AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM
CRYSTAL LAKE TO WILMINGTON ILLINOIS. THIS INCLUDES ROCKFORD ... 
DEKALB ...OTTAWA... AMBOY AND OREGON ILLINOIS. THE BIGGEST THREAT 
WILL BE HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL FLOODING. ANOTHER THREAT MAY BE LARGE 
HAIL. 

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL
MINOR FLOODING. BE ALERT AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FLASH FLOODING AND 
HAIL.    
 
LATER...A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST 
ILLINOIS AFTER 4 AM CDT...TOWARD SUNRISE. SOME OF THESE 
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. 

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL MOVE OUT OF NORTHERN IOWA AND 
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND INTO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN FROM THE THUNDERSTORM 
COMPLEX IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS. AS THE COMPLEX MOVES EAST ACROSS 
NORTHERN ILLINOIS THERE MAY BE ENOUGH DAYTIME HEATING TO ALLOW FOR 
THE THUNDERSTORMS TO INTENSIFY. IF THAT SHOULD HAPPEN...HAIL AND 
STRONG WINDS WOULD BE THE MAIN CONCERN...PARTICULARLY ACROSS 
NORTHWEST INDIANA BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOWER 90S WEDNESDAY 
AFTERNOON WITH HEAT INDICES REACHING 100 DEGREES.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON SHOULD SEE MORE THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A STRONG 
COLD FRONT THAT WILL ARRIVE IN THE REGION THURSDAY EVENING. AFTER 
THURSDAY...THE REGION SHOULD REMAIN DRY AND RELATIVELY COOL THROUGH 
THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND MAY BE NEEDED EARLY 
WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE
NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/LOT (LOWER CASE)

$$

LMZ740>746-766-211100-
WINTHROP HARBOR IL TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
LAKE MICHIGAN-
645 PM CDT TUE JUL 20 2004

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

.DAY ONE... TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING. THERE MAY BE HEAVY 
RAIN AND WIND IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS.  THERE IS A CHANCE OF 
THUNDERSTORMS TOWARD MORNING. 

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS ANTICIPATED TO MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST 
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LAKE MICHIGAN BEGINNING AFTER SUNRISE 
WEDNESDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN DIRECTION 
AS THE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE WATER. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE 
SEVERE. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY.

&&

COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE
NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/LOT (LOWER CASE)

$$

WHW