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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
400 PM CDT MON JUL 17 2006

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>022-023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-
019-180930-
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 MON JUL 17 2006

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

.DAY ONE... TONIGHT

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHICAGO AND COOK 
COUNTY THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. 

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE MID 90S ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 
EARLY EVENING...WHICH COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE 
RESULTED IN PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110. HEAT INDICES WILL 
FALL BELOW 100 AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING...AND THE ARRIVAL OF A COLD 
FRONT OVERNIGHT WILL BRING RELIEF FROM THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK 
AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO 
DEVELOP ALONG AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT ACROSS WISCONSIN AND IOWA 
DURING THE  AFTERNOON HOURS AND MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK 
AREA NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 DURING THE LATE EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS 
WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA 
TONIGHT...BY AROUND MIDNIGHT...AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTH. 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY FROM THE LATE EVENING 
THROUGH AROUND 5:00 AM...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS.

THE ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY HAS DECLARED TODAY AN 
AIR POLLUTION ACTION DAY FOR THE GREATER CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS 
WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE 
OUTLOOK AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS 
EVENING.

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

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LMZ740>745-766-180930-
WINTHROP HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN-
LAKE MICHIGAN-
400 PM CDT MON JUL 17 2006

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

.DAY ONE... TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ACROSS 
SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE ISOLATED STRONG WIND 
GUSTS OVER 50 KNOTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN  
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

&&

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

$$