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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
430 AM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

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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-
430 AM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

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

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON 
AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THE MODERATE RISK 
AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ROCKFORD...TO 
JOLIET...TO WATSEKA ILLINOIS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE REMAINDER OF 
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 
A FEW STRONG TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY 
IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA OVER ILLINOIS.

DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS IOWA LATER TODAY...AND 
ACROSS THE ILLINOIS WISCONSIN BORDER THIS EVENING. A WARM FRONT WILL 
EXTEND SOUTHEAST FROM THE LOW...ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND 
NORTHWEST INDIANA. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL TRANSPORT WARM...HUMID 
AND INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE AREA TODAY. THIS UNSTABLE 
AIR...COUPLED WITH A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SUPPORT 
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE STORMS. 

THERE WILL LIKELY BE A PERIOD OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS 
FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE 
THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS 
AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL END BY 
MIDNIGHT WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY 
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE
NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (LOWER CASE)

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WINTHROP HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN-
LAKE MICHIGAN-
430 AM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

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

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE 
MICHIGAN...MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. LARGE 
HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NORTHWEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY 
NIGHT.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY 
NIGHT. 

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COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE
NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (LOWER CASE)

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