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HWOLOT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1142 AM CDT MON MAY 4 2026
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-
010-011-019-051645-
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-
1142 AM CDT MON MAY 4 2026 /1242 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2026/
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...
ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM RISK...WITH AN ASSOCIATED:
LEVEL 2 OF 5 DAMAGING WIND RISK...UP TO 60 MPH.
LEVEL 2 OF 5 LARGE HAIL RISK...UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER.
LIMITED BLOWING DUSK RISK SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.
DISCUSSION...
THIS AFTERNOON, STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS MAY LEAD
TO AREAS OF BLOWING DUST NEAR AGRICULTURAL AREAS SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 80.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND
HAIL THIS EVENING.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTERS ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.
LMZ740>745-051645-
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-
1142 AM CDT MON MAY 4 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
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED.
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK...WITH AN ASSOCIATED:
LEVEL 1 OF 5 THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST RISK...UP TO 50 KNOTS.
LEVEL 1 OF 5 HAIL RISK...UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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