985  
FLUS43 KLOT 271652  
HWOLOT  
 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
1152 AM CDT THU MAR 27 2025  
 
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-  
010-011-019-281700-  
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-  
1152 AM CDT THU MAR 27 2025 /1252 PM EDT THU MAR 27 2025/  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL  
ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.  
   
DAY ONE
 
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  
 
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...  
 
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK...WITH AN ASSOCIATED:  
LEVEL 1 OF 5 LARGE HAIL RISK...UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EAST-NORTHEASTWARD  
LATER TONIGHT INTO THE PREDAWN HOURS OF FRIDAY. THE STRONGEST  
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL, SOME AS LARGE AS ONE  
INCH IN DIAMETER. THE BEST CHANCE FOR MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL IS  
EXPECTED TO BE ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A DIXON TO WATSEKA LINE.  
 
WHILE HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING ON SOME ROADS, WIDESPREAD  
FLASH FLOODING IS NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTED WITH TONIGHT'S SHOWERS  
AND THUNDERSTORMS.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  
 
FRIDAY MORNING...  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...  
LIMITED NON-THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK.  
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS INTO FRIDAY MORNING SHOULD EXIT THE AREA  
BY MIDDAY.  
 
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH FRIDAY  
AFTERNOON INTO OR THROUGH THE EVENING.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
 
SPOTTER REPORTS OF HAIL OVERNIGHT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.  
 
GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:  
 
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH.  
 

 
 
LMZ740>745-281700-  
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-  
1152 AM CDT THU MAR 27 2025  
 
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
 
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  
 
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...  
 
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  
 
FRIDAY MORNING...  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...  
GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE.  
SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.  
 

 
 
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