835  
FLUS43 KLOT 201950  
HWOLOT  
 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL  
250 PM CDT SUN SEP 20 2026  
 
ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-  
010-011-019-212000-  
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-  
250 PM CDT SUN SEP 20 2026 /350 PM EDT SUN SEP 20 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.  
HIGH SWIM RISK LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
SHOWERS AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND  
NORTHWEST INDIANA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. AN ISOLATED LIGHTNING  
STRIKE OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT NEAR AND SOUTH OF US-24.  
 
HIGH WAVES WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT LAKE  
MICHIGAN BEACHES.  
 
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.  
 
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...  
HIGH SWIM RISK LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
PERSISTENT NORTHEAST WINDS WILL MAINTAIN HIGH WAVES AND  
DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AT LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES THROUGH  
THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.  
 
GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:  
 
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH.  
 

 
 
LMZ740>745-212000-  
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-  
250 PM CDT SUN SEP 20 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.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.  
 
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.  
 

 
 
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