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HWOLOT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
400 PM CDT FRI OCT 22 2004

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>022-023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019
-231100-
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 FRI OCT 22 2004

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS WILL REACH INTO NORTH 
CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. MORE STORM DEVELOPMENT LATE TONIGHT 
WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA AGAIN OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS ARE 
EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...A STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 
WIND FLOW WILL BE INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION... 
SOME HEAVIER SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO 50 
MPH.  

THIS RAIN EVENT WILL LIKELY PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS  
THE REGION BY SATURDAY MORNING WITH SOME LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER 
POSSIBLE. 
  
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING ACROSS MOST OF ILLINOIS 
AND INDIANA SATURDAY MORNING. THIS THREAT WILL BE ENDING AS A COLD 
FRONT MOVES THROUGH DURING THE AFTERNOON.  THE FRONTAL PASSAGE IS 
NOT EXPECTED UNTIL MID OR LATE AFTERNOON IN NORTHWEST INDIANA.  THIS 
WILL GIVE THE ATMOSPHERE A CHANCE TO DESTABILIZE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A 
SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE...GENERALLY 
ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 57.  THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE WIND 
GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. 

SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS 
WEATHER IS LOW. 

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED SATURDAY.

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

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LMZ740>746-766-231100-
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-MICHIGAN CITY TO 
NEW BUFFALO-LAKE MICHIGAN-
400 PM CDT FRI OCT 22 2004

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

A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN 
AND THE ILLINOIS NEARSHORE TONIGHT FOR WINDS TO 35 KNOTS. A SMALL 
CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS TONIGHT 
TO 25 KNOTS AND WAVES TO 5 FEET.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING SATURDAY MORNING...BUT SHOULD END BY 
NOON. 

THE GALE WARNING FOR THE OPEN LAKE MICHIGAN WATERS WILL REMAIN IN 
EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE 
ILLINOIS AND INDIANA NEARSHORES WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY 
MORNING. 

SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS 
WEATHER IS LOW. 

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

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