436  
WWUS63 KLOT 161856  
WCNLOT  
 
WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 596  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
156 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025  
 
ILC007-031-037-043-089-093-097-111-141-197-201-INC089-127-170000-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.SV.A.0596.250816T1856Z-250817T0000Z/  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH  
596 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS  
 
IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES  
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS  
 
BOONE DE KALB OGLE  
WINNEBAGO  
 
IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS  
 
COOK DUPAGE KANE  
KENDALL LAKE IL MCHENRY  
WILL  
 
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES  
 
IN NORTHWEST INDIANA  
 
LAKE IN PORTER  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALGONQUIN, AURORA, BELVIDERE,  
BOLINGBROOK, BUFFALO GROVE, BYRON, CAROL STREAM, CHESTERTON,  
CHICAGO, CRYSTAL LAKE, DEKALB, DOWNERS GROVE, ELGIN, EVANSTON,  
GARY, GURNEE, HAMMOND, JOLIET, LEMONT, LOMBARD, MCHENRY,  
MERRILLVILLE, MUNDELEIN, NAPERVILLE, OAK LAWN, OREGON,  
ORLAND PARK, OSWEGO, PARK FOREST, PLANO, PORTAGE, ROCHELLE,  
ROCKFORD, SCHAUMBURG, SYCAMORE, VALPARAISO, WAUKEGAN, WHEATON,  
WILMINGTON, WOODSTOCK, AND YORKVILLE.  
 

 
 
LMZ740>745-777-779-170000-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.SV.A.0596.250816T1856Z-250817T0000Z/  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH  
596 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS  
 
THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS  
 
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  
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL 5NM  
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE  
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WILMETTE HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN 5NM  
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE  
 

 
 
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