NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
STRONG...GUSTY NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN
ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THE STRONGEST WINDS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE OVER
LOCATIONS ADJACENT TO LAKE MICHIGAN. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD DIMINISH
FARTHER INLAND...GUSTING TO 40 TO 45 MPH AS FAR WEST AS THE FOX
VALLEY AND INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR.
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...WITH
THE HEAVIER RAIN OVER NORTHWESTERN INDIANA AND PORTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 57 CORRIDOR.
LARGE WAVES CRASHING ONTO THE SHORE WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING
NEAR THE IMMEDIATE LAKE SHORE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 60 MPH THROUGH
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. INLAND...WINDS GUSTING
TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
FLOODING DUE TO LARGE WAVES CRASHING ONTO SHORE NEAR THE
IMMEDIATE LAKEFRONT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 2.5 INCHES WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
SIGNIFICANT RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD
BE OVER FAR NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWESTERN INDIANA.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.
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COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
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