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FLUS43 KLOT 260935  
HWOLOT  
 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
335 AM CST THU FEB 26 2026  
 
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-  
010-011-019-270945-  
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-  
335 AM CST THU FEB 26 2026 /435 AM EST THU FEB 26 2026/  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL  
ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.  
   
DAY ONE  
TODAY AND TONIGHT.  
 
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN  
FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  
 
FRIDAY...  
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER RISK.  
SATURDAY...  
LIMITED SNOW RISK.  
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...  
LIMITED SNOW RISK.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
DRY, WINDY AND WARM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. THIS  
COMBINATION WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF GRASS AND BRUSH FIRE  
SPREAD FROM MIDDAY THROUGH SUNSET.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT  
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.  
 
 
 
LMZ740>745-270945-  
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-  
335 AM CST THU FEB 26 2026  
 
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.  
 
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN  
FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  
 
FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.  
 
 
 
RATZER  
 
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