617  
FLUS43 KLOT 212001  
HWOLOT  
 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
301 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2026  
 
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-  
010-011-019-222015-  
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-  
301 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2026 /401 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2026/  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL  
ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.  
   
DAY ONE  
TONIGHT.  
 
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...  
 
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK THIS EVENING.  
ELEVATED FLOODING RISK.  
HIGH SWIM RISK LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
WIDESPREAD SOAKING RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED CORRIDORS OF  
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO FLOODING IN SOME AREAS THROUGH  
THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST LIKELIHOOD OF FLOODING IS PRESENT NEAR  
AND SOUTH OF I-88.  
 
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO OCCUR, MAINLY SOUTH OF A PONTIAC, IL  
TO RENSSELAER, IN LINE.  
 
STRENGTHENING ONSHORE WINDS WILL CAUSE THE THREAT FOR RIP  
CURRENTS AT SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES TO RAMP THIS EVENING  
AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN  
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.  
 
MONDAY...  
HIGH SWIM RISK LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES.  
WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
AN ELEVATED DANGER FOR RIP CURRENTS AT SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN  
BEACHES WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY.  
 
PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE CURRENTLY FORECASTED WEDNESDAY  
THROUGH SATURDAY.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT  
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.  
 
GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:  
 
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH  
 
 
 
LMZ740>745-222015-  
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-  
301 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 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.  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK THIS EVENING.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN  
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.  
 
MONDAY...  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.  
WEDNESDAY...  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
 
 
 
YACK  
 
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