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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
430 AM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006

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LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
430 AM CDT FRI AUG 25 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 SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN 
ILLINOIS AND PORTIONS OF EXTREME NORTHWEST INDIANA TODAY AND 
TONIGHT.  

THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A PONTIAC 
ILLINOIS TO MICHIGAN CITY INDIANA LINE.   

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS ONGOING EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS 
NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.  THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED 
TO WEAKEN LATER THIS MORNING AS THEY MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN 
AND EXTREME NORTHERN ILLINOIS.  AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THESE 
STORMS MAY LINGER ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS INTO THIS AFTERNOON...AND 
BE THE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AS THE AIRMASS 
DESTABILIZES.  

THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE THIS 
EVENING ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS.  SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS ARE 
FORECAST TO INITIATE ALONG A COLD FRONT OVER IOWA...THEN MOVE 
EASTWARD INTO THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND 
EVENING....WEAKENING AS THEY CONTINUE EASTWARD INTO EAST CENTRAL 
ILLINOIS AND WESTERN INDIANA OVERNIGHT. HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT 
LINE WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREATS.  

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE WILL BE AN ONGOING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AS A 
COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH THE REGION.  THESE STORMS ARE NOT 
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. 

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

&&

COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE
NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO 

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WINTHROP HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN-
LAKE MICHIGAN-
430 AM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006

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

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 
TONIGHT.  SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 
KNOTS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING.  THE GREATEST THREAT OF STORMS WILL BE 
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. 

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE WILL BE AN ONGOING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AS A 
COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN.  THESE STORMS ARE NOT 
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. 

&&

COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE
NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO

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