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HWOLOT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1155 AM CST SUN DEC 28 2025
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-
010-011-019-291800-
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-
1155 AM CST SUN DEC 28 2025 /1255 PM EST SUN DEC 28 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 2 OF 5 DAMAGING WIND RISK...UP TO 65 MPH.
LEVEL 1 OF 5 TORNADO RISK.
ELEVATED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK.
LIMITED SNOW RISK.
DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON, ESPECIALLY
SOUTHEAST OF A CHICAGO TO LASALLE PERU LINE. SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
TO 65 MPH AS WELL AS A LOW THREAT OF A COUPLE OF TORNADOES.
STRONG WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO
55 MPH. GUSTS OF 50 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE INDIANA LAKE
MICHIGAN SHORE, MAINLY EAST OF GARY.
SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATES 88 AND 290. WHILE
ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT SHOULD GENERALLY BE LESS THAN AN INCH, EVEN
A COATING OF SNOW ON ROADWAYS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
MONDAY...
ELEVATED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK DURING THE DAY.
MODERATE LAKESHORE FLOOD RISK INDIANA SHORE EAST OF GARY.
WEDNESDAY...
LIMITED SNOW RISK.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 2 PM AND 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 TO 60 MPH.
LMZ740>745-291800-
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-
1155 AM CST SUN DEC 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
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
ELEVATED FOG RISK THIS AFTERNOON.
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK...WITH AN ASSOCIATED:
LEVEL 1 OF 5 THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST RISK...UP TO 50 KT.
STORM FORCE WINDS AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS WAVES TONIGHT.
ELEVATED FREEZING SPRAY RISK LATE TONIGHT.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
MONDAY...
STORM FORCE WINDS AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS WAVES.
ELEVATED FREEZING SPRAY RISK.
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY AT TIMES.
DOOM
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