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FLUS43 KLOT 012046  
HWOLOT  
 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
346 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2025  
 
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-  
010-011-019-022100-  
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-  
346 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2025 /446 PM EDT TUE APR 1 2025/  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL  
ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.  
   
DAY ONE
 
TONIGHT.  
 
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...  
 
SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM RISK...WITH AN ASSOCIATED:  
LEVEL 1 OF 5 LARGE HAIL RISK...UP TO AROUND 1 INCH IN DIAMETER.  
LIMITED FLOODING RISK.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. ONE OR TWO OF  
THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE LATE TONIGHT, CAPABLE OF  
PRODUCING HAIL UP TO AROUND 1 INCH IN DIAMETER. SOME OF THE  
STORMS LATE TONIGHT MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL, WHICH  
COULD LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE LOW LYING  
AREAS.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.  
 
WEDNESDAY...  
LIMITED FLOODING RISK.  
SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM RISK...WITH AN ASSOCIATED:  
LEVEL 3 OF 5 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
ELEVATED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK.  
FRIDAY...  
LIMITED FLOODING RISK.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY MORNING, ESPECIALLY  
NORTH OF I-80. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO SOME MINOR  
FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE LOW LYING AREAS.  
 
THERE IS A CHANCE OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON  
AND EARLY EVENING. IT IS PLAUSIBLE THAT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS  
DON'T OCCUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, HOWEVER, IF STORMS DO  
DEVELOP THEN SOME COULD BE SEVERE AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  
TORNADOES.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
 
SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY  
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  
 
GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:  
 
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  
 

 
 
LMZ740>745-022100-  
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-  
346 PM CDT TUE APR 1 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 HAZARDOUS WAVES.  
SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM RISK...WITH AN ASSOCIATED:  
LEVEL 1 OF 5 HAIL RISK...UP TO UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.  
 
WEDNESDAY...  
GALE FORCE WINDS AND HAZARDOUS WAVES.  
SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM RISK...WITH AN ASSOCIATED:  
LEVEL 3 OF 5 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.  
 

 
 
- IZZI  
 
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