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FLUS43 KLOT 271942  
HWOLOT  
 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
242 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2026  
 
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-  
010-011-019-281945-  
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-  
242 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2026 /342 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2026/  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL  
ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.  
   
DAY ONE  
TONIGHT.  
 
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN  
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.  
 
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...  
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER RISK.  
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
THE COMBINATION OF DRY AIR AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO  
AN ELEVATED RISK FOR FIRE SPREAD THIS WEEKEND, ESPECIALLY ON  
SATURDAY.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT  
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.  
 
 
 
LMZ740>745-281945-  
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-  
242 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 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  
TONIGHT.  
 
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...  
 
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT AROUND INDIANA LAKESHORE.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN  
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.  
 
SATURDAY...  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.  
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.  
 
 
 
DOOM  
 
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