FLUS43 KLOT 310959
HWOLOT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
459 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
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-
459 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016 /559 AM EDT THU MAR 31 2016/
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:
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS.
LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
FREQUENT LIGHTING.
AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...HOWEVER
THE GREATEST THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WILL BE BETWEEN 11 AM AND 4 PM. THE
GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA AND
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM
WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON.
DISCUSSION:
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH
MID MORNING. BY LATE MORNING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ALONG AN
ADVANCING COLD FRONT. AS THE STORMS MOVE EAST THEY WILL
GRADUALLY INTENSIFY AND COULD POSE A RISK OF ISOLATED SEVERE
WEATHER...MAINLY LARGE HAIL AND PERHAPS DAMAGING WINDS. AN
ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
NORTHWEST WINDS COULD GUST OVER 45 MPH SATURDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 11 AM AND 4
PM...ESPECIALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 55.
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GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:
NORTHEAST AT 50 TO 60 MPH.
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