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HWOLOT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1059 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2014
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-
DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-
IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
1059 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2014 /1159 AM EDT FRI AUG 29 2014/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE:
-ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
-TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS.
-CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWESTERN INDIANA THIS
AFTERNOON.
DISCUSSION:
A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT OVER THE AREA TODAY...WITH A WARM AND
HUMID AIR MASS EXPECTED TO SET UP OVER THE AREA IN ITS WAKE.
THIS WILL ALLOW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOPMENT THIS
AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY WITH
THESE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON...A FEW STRONG STORMS COULD PRODUCE
WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 50 MPH. ADDITIONALLY...DUE TO THE WARM
AND MOIST AIR MASS...THE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS FOR A SHORT PERIOD.
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS
SHORES TODAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
THERE WILL BE PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY
AND SATURDAY EVENING...MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. ANY STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.
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