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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1200 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>022-023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-
019-031030-
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-
1200 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

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

.DAY ONE... THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON 
AND EVENING ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. 
THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL FROM ELEVATED 
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.   

DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN IOWA THIS 
AFTERNOON...AND PASS ACROSS NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS EVENING.  A WARM 
FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHEASTWARD FROM THIS LOW WILL RETREAT NORTHWARD 
INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON...WHERE MORE SURFACE ROOTED 
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CARRY A GREATER HIGH WIND AND TORNADO THREAT. 

HOWEVER...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT WILL TRANSPORT MOIST 
AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE COOL SURFACE AIR IN PLACE ACROSS NORTHERN 
ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA...SUGGESTING AN INCREASE IN 
THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WITH 
GREATEST COVERAGE...PERHAPS AS A LINE OF STORMS...PRECEDING A COLD 
FRONT DUE TO CROSS THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING.  THESE STORMS MAY 
BRING A THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.  

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-
1200 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

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

.DAY ONE... THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN TIP 
OF 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. 

&&

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

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