HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 417 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013
Expiration: 430 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

/517 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
THUNDERSTORMS...THE STRONGEST COULD PRODUCE:
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAIN.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR LATE THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
DISCUSSION:
WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED UNTIL
LATE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...PRIMARILY SOUTH AND
EAST OF THE CHICAGO METRO AREA.  THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED
TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS...BUT HEAVY
RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS IF STORMS TRACK REPEATEDLY OVER
THE SAME LOCATIONS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND
AGAIN TO A LESSER EXTENT SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.
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