THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONGEST MAY PRODUCE...
DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH.
ISOLATED TORNADOES.
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
HEAVY RAIN.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGEST STORMS. WHILE SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY
WINDS...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING...GENERALLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ROCKFORD TO
PAXTON. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BEFORE
SUNRISE SUNDAY...SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE
WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. AN ISOLATED
TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
DISCUSSION:
LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM NEBRASKA THIS MORNING TO MINNESOTA
TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE AHEAD OF THIS LOW
AND ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING A PERIOD OF SHOWERS
AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY THROUGH
MIDNIGHT.
NEW LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM COLORADO THIS EVENING TO NEAR
IOWA BY SUNDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH
CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY A
TORNADO.
NON THUNDERSTORM WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THIS EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY WITH SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY
MORNING AND MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY MID TO LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS BUT AN
ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
NON THUNDERSTORM WINDS COULD GUST HAS HIGH AS 45 MPH SUNDAY...
ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON JUST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED
ON SUNDAY.
&&
