NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME MAY PRODUCE:
HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING.
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
AND PEA SIZED HAIL.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TO THE WEST LATE
TONIGHT AND THEN SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THE
HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS IS WEST OF A ROCKFORD TO
PAXTON LINE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
DISCUSSION:
A WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE THE SOUTHWEST
TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD
OF THE FRONT TO OUR WEST THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL THEN MOVE EAST
INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND NORTHWEST INDIANA
TOWARD DAYBREAK. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
HEAVY RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND
LOW LYING AREAS.
PORTIONS OF THE KANKAKEE RIVER IN NORTHWEST INDIANA AND ILLINOIS
RIVER IN LA SALLE COUNTY WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME STORMS.
SOILS REMAIN NEARLY SATURATED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA...
WHICH COMBINED WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT
IN LOCALIZED FLOODING.
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT ILLINOIS BEACHES ALONG
LAKE MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY.
PORTIONS OF THE KANKAKEE RIVER IN NORTHWEST INDIANA AND ILLINOIS
RIVER IN LA SALLE COUNTY WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD.
THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY INTERSPERSED WITH DRY PERIODS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.
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COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO
