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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
430 AM CDT THU JUL 20 2006

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>022-023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-
019-210930-
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 THU JUL 20 2006

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

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND 
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS EARLY THIS MORNING...AND INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA 
BETWEEN 6 AND 7 AM CDT. DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE 
THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL 
AFFECT AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 IN ILLINOIS...AND INTO MUCH OF 
THE OUTLOOK AREA IN NORTHWEST INDIANA. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR 
DAMAGING WINDS WILL EXTEND ALONG AN AXIS FROM ROCKFORD TO CHICAGO 
WHERE WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 80 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS 
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THERE IS A SLIGHT 
RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 
WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS MORNING...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN 
THIS AFTERNOON.

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

$$

LMZ740>745-766-210930-
WINTHROP HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN-
LAKE MICHIGAN-
430 AM CDT THU JUL 20 2006

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

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS WILL MOVE 
ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN THIS MORNING. SOME HAIL IS ALSO 
POSSIBLE. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE TONIGHT 
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

&&

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

$$