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HWOLOT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
338 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2025
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-
010-011-019-190845-
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-
338 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2025 /438 AM EDT MON AUG 18 2025/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
DAY ONE
TODAY AND TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM RISK...WITH AN ASSOCIATED:
LEVEL 1 OF 5 DAMAGING WIND RISK...UP TO 60 MPH.
ELEVATED FLOODING RISK.
LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.
HIGH SWIM RISK AT LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES THROUGH MID MORNING.
DISCUSSION...
HIGH WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED AT LAKE MICHIGAN
BEACHES THROUGH MID-MORNING.
HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT
INDICES NEAR OR JUST ABOVE 100 DEGREES AWAY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN.
SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW
MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
TUESDAY...
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK, MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF I-55.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 MPH.
LMZ740>745-190845-
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-
338 AM CDT MON AUG 18 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
TODAY AND TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.
ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM RISK...WITH AN ASSOCIATED:
LEVEL 1 OF 5 THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST RISK...UP TO 50 KT.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.
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