344  
FLUS43 KLOT 161150 AAA  
HWOLOT  
 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
650 AM CDT SUN AUG 16 2026  
 
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-  
010-011-019-171200-  
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-  
650 AM CDT SUN AUG 16 2026 /750 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 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...  
 
LIMITED FOG RISK EARLY THIS MORNING.  
LIMITED FLOODING RISK EARLY THIS MORNING.  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
AREAS OF FOG, SOME LOCALLY DENSE, IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING  
MAINLY WEST AND NORTHWEST OF CHICAGO.  
 
LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO PONDING ON ROADWAYS, MAINLY  
SOUTH OF A PONTIAC TO RENSSELAER LINE THROUGH MID MORNING.  
 
ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG A  
COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BE  
CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS, MAINLY SOUTH OF A PONTIAC TO VALPARAISO  
LINE.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.  
 
TUESDAY...  
ELEVATED FLOODING RISK.  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK...WITH AN ASSOCIATED:  
LEVEL 1 OF 5 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
WEDNESDAY...  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY, SOME  
COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE AND PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WHICH  
MAY LEAD TO FLOODING.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.  
 
GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:  
 
MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH.  
 

 
 
LMZ740>745-171200-  
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-  
650 AM CDT SUN AUG 16 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...  
 
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.  
 
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
 

 
 
PETR  
 
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