644  
FLUS43 KLOT 221555  
HWOLOT  
 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
1055 AM CDT SAT AUG 22 2026  
 
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-  
010-011-019-231600-  
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-  
1055 AM CDT SAT AUG 22 2026 /1155 AM EDT SAT AUG 22 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 THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
HIGH SWIM RISK LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE  
POSSIBLE NEAR AND SOUTH OF LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY INTO TONIGHT. NO  
SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.  
 
DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT AT PORTER COUNTY LAKE  
MICHIGAN BEACHES TODAY. SIMILARLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL  
DEVELOP AT COOK COUNTY AND LAKE COUNTY INDIANA BEACHES LATE  
TONIGHT.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.  
 
SUNDAY...  
HIGH SWIM RISK LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES.  
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT COOK COUNTY AND  
NORTHWEST INDIANA LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES ON SUNDAY.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.  
 
GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:  
 
MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST A 25 MPH.  
 

 
 
LMZ740>745-231600-  
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-  
1055 AM CDT SAT AUG 22 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.  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.  
 
SUNDAY...  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.  
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...  
LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.  
 

 
 
DOOM  
 
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