FLUS43 KLOT 200120 AAB HWOLOT HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 820 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 210130- 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- 820 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 /920 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY PRODUCE... WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH. ISOLATED TORNADOES. HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL HAVE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL. WIND WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME STORMS...ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL. THERE THEN WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...FIRST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND THEN SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA TOWARD DAYBREAK. DISCUSSION: THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST ILLINOIS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THE EVENING. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF SOME SEVERE WEATHER AND WILL MAINTAIN THAT THREAT THROUGH EARLY OVERNIGHT. MORE STORMS OVER THE PLAINS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. WHILE THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN A DISSIPATING STAGE...THERE WILL REMAIN A CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A WOODSTOCK TO PONTIAC LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING THIS SAME TIME PERIOD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM ALONG WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ESPECIALLY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD REACH 3 INCHES IN SOME AREAS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED WITHIN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA THROUGH AT LEAST LATE THIS EVENING. && $$ LMZ740>745-210130- WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR- WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND- NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR-CALUMET HARBOR TO GARY- GARY TO BURNS HARBOR-BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY- 820 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 KNOTS. PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING THIS SAME TIME PERIOD. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL. STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ON MONDAY. STRONG WINDS AND HIGH WAVES MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. && $$ LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868- 870-872-874-876-878-210130- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO THE MACKINAC BRIDGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHARLEVOIX MI TO SOUTH FOX ISLAND 5 NM OFFSHORE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM CHARLEVOIX TO POINT BETSIE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM POINT BETSIE TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY TO TWO RIVERS WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WILMETTE HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ST. JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- 820 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. AREAS OF FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE LAKE. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 KNOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE LAKE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING THIS SAME TIME PERIOD. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL. && $$ MTF VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.CHICAGO.GOV WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO