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HWOLOT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
446 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2015
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446 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2015
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE:
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF AN INCH.
ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
ISOLATED HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
WHILE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS
MORNING MAINLY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST
INDIANA...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE LIKELY EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.
DISCUSSION:
A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST
TODAY...WHILE A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES
LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. CLUSTERS OF SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AS THE WARM...MOIST AIR MASS AHEAD OF THE COLD
FRONT DESTABILIZES. WHILE ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED...A FEW OF THE STRONGEST STORMS DURING THE
AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING HOURS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED
GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL TO NICKEL SIZE. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
AS THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY SETTLES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA
AND A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES ALONG IT. ANY OF THE
STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...WITH SOME AREAS LIKELY SEEING MULTIPLE ROUNDS
OF STORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF
AN INCH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
PERIODIC CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY...
WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL
LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.
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