051  
FLUS43 KLOT 211537  
HWOLOT  
 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
1037 AM CDT TUE JUL 21 2026  
 
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-  
010-011-019-221545-  
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-  
1037 AM CDT TUE JUL 21 2026 /1137 AM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026/  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL  
ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.  
   
DAY ONE
 
TODAY AND TONIGHT.  
 
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...  
 
HIGH SWIM RISK LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES TONIGHT.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
WAVES WILL BUILD ON LAKE MICHIGAN THIS EVENING LEADING TO A HIGH  
SWIM RISK.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.  
 
WEDNESDAY...  
HIGH SWIM RISK LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES.  
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
A HIGH SWIM RISK WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.  
 

 
 
LMZ740>745-221545-  
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-  
1037 AM CDT TUE JUL 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
 
TODAY AND TONIGHT.  
 
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...  
 
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.  
 
WEDNESDAY...  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.  
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
 

 
 
KMD  
 
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