837  
FLUS43 KLOT 012024  
HWOLOT  
 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
324 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026  
 
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-  
010-011-019-022030-  
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-  
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-  
NORTHERN COOK-CENTRAL COOK-SOUTHERN COOK-NORTHERN WILL-  
SOUTHERN WILL-EASTERN WILL-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-  
324 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026 /424 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2026/  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL  
ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.  
   
DAY ONE
 
TONIGHT.  
 
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...  
 
ELEVATED FLOODING RISK.  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
HIGH SWIM RISK LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
PERIODS OF RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES, WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS  
EVENING AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS  
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.  
 
DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT UNPROTECTED LAKE  
MICHIGAN BEACHES DUE TO HIGH WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.  
 
SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING...  
HIGH SWIM RISK LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES.  
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT LAKE MICHIGAN  
BEACHES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
 
SPOTTERS ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.  
 
GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:  
 
MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH.  
 

 
 
LMZ740>745-022030-  
WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL-  
WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND IL-  
NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR IL-  
CALUMET HARBOR IL TO GARY IN-GARY TO BURNS HARBOR IN-  
BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY IN-  
324 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS  
NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE INDIANA NEARSHORE  
WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.  
   
DAY ONE
 
TONIGHT.  
 
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...  
 
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.  
 
SUNDAY...  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.  
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
 

 
 
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