550  
FLUS43 KLOT 282036  
HWOLOT  
 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
336 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2025  
 
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-  
010-011-019-292045-  
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-  
336 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2025 /436 PM EDT FRI MAR 28 2025/  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL  
ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.  
   
DAY ONE
 
TONIGHT.  
 
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...  
 
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER RISK.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND SOUTHWEST WINDS  
GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL LEAD TO AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THROUGH THIS  
EVENING, MAINLY FOR AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.  
 
SATURDAY...  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK...WITH AN ASSOCIATED:  
LEVEL 1 OF 5 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
SUNDAY...  
ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM RISK...WITH AN ASSOCIATED:  
LEVEL 3 OF 5 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
LIMITED FLOODING RISK.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH A  
BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE  
STORMS MAY PRODUCE NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.  
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA ON  
SUNDAY. ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE POSSIBLE, INCLUDING LARGE  
HAIL, DAMAGE WINDS AND TORNADOES. HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO LEAD TO  
LOCALIZED FLOODING.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.  
 

 
 
LMZ740>745-292045-  
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-  
336 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 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
 
TONIGHT.  
 
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...  
 
GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY HAZARDOUS WAVES.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.  
 
SATURDAY...  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.  
SUNDAY...  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK...WITH AN ASSOCIATED:  
LEVEL 2 OF 5 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.  
 

 
 
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