NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
THUNDERSTORMS...THE STRONGEST MAY PRODUCE:
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
CHICAGO TO MENDOTA THIS MORNING...AND THEN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
HEBRON INDIANA TO STREATOR ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON.
DISCUSSION:
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS
COLD FRONT. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
PER HOUR WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AS ANOTHER WEAK COLD
FRONT SAGS INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA FROM
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
HEAT INDICES MAY REACH 105 DEGREES MONDAY AND TUESDAY...MAINLY
SOUTH AND WEST OF A ROCKFORD TO FOWLER LINE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.
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COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO
