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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
430 AM CDT WED JUL 26 2006

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>022-023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-
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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 WED JUL 26 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 ACROSS THE ENTIRE 
OUTLOOK AREA FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.
SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE 
OUTLOOK AREA THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE 
GREATEST COVERAGE OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF 
INTERSTATE 80 THIS MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH 
MUCH OF THE MORNING...HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS MAY INTENSIFY BY LATE 
THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON AS CONDITIONS BECOME MORE UNSTABLE. 
THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

BY THIS EVENING THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GENERALLY 
SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM CHICAGO TO PONTIAC EXTENDING INTO NORTHWEST 
INDIANA. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING 
SOUTHEAST OF A CHICAGO TO PONTIAC LINE. 

FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA OVERNIGHT 
TONIGHT. SOME LOCALLY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON THURSDAY. SEVERE WEATHER 
IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL RETURN THIS WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPERATURES 
FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WILL REACH THE LOWER TO MID 90S. THE 
COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT 
INDEX VALUES OF AROUND 100 DURING THIS PERIOD. 

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY INTO EARLY 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>745-766-270930-
WINTHROP HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN-
LAKE MICHIGAN-
430 AM CDT WED JUL 26 2006

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

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. THERE 
IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING 
HAIL AND THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY.

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

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