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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Chicago, IL

August 4, 2008Lake County, Indiana; Cook County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this tornado warning at Aug 4, 2008, 8:17 PM CDT for Lake County, Indiana; Cook County, Illinois. It was in force for 28 min. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 4, 2008, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2008, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cook County, IL, Lake County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 4, 8:18 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Lansing, IL	SIX INCH TREE BRANCH DOWN ON ROUTE 394 A HALF MILE NORTH OF GLENWOOD DYER ROAD.
Aug 4, 8:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 68	Gary, IN	MEASURED GUST AT GARY AIRPORT AWOS.
Aug 4, 8:28 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Griffith, IN	WIDE SPREAD DAMAGE ACROSS TOWN. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Aug 4, 8:28 PM CDT	TORNADO	Griffith, IN	CONFIRMED EF2 TORNADO.
Aug 4, 8:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Griffith, IN	14 TO 16 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN ACROSS TOWN. DAMAGE TO ROOF AT SHOPPING MALL AT RIDGE RD. AND CLINE AVE. DAMAGE TO APARTMENT COMPLEX AT RIDGE RD. AND MANSARD BLVD.
Aug 4, 8:33 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 80	Griffith, IN	ALSO,PEA-SIZE HAIL AND POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD. LOCATION CLINE AND MAIN ST.
Aug 4, 8:49 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Merrillville, IN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this tornado warning; the first came 11 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 4, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr
Aug 4, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 191 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 7429 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 819 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.9
Supercell composite: 20.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KLOT 050117
TORLOT
ILC031-INC089-050145-
/O.NEW.KLOT.TO.W.0035.080805T0117Z-080805T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
817 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
  NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

* AT 816 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG
  ROTATION IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CALUMET CITY...MOVING EAST
  AT 59 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHLAND...GRIFFITH...AND 8 MILES NORTH OF SCHERERVILLE BY 825
  PM...
  GARY...LAKE STATION...NEW CHICAGO...AND HOBART BY 830 PM...
  HOBART BY 835 PM...

TAKE COVER NOW IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE
ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 4142 8724 4153 8771 4171 8770 4169 8741
      4165 8740 4164 8730 4163 8729 4164 8726
      4164 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 277DEG 51KT 4161 8755

$$

HALBACH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLOT 050130
SVSLOT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
830 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

ILC031-050140-
/O.CAN.KLOT.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-080805T0145Z/
COOK IL-
830 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COOK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COOK COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM TUESDAY 
MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4142 8724 4149 8748 4165 8746 4169 8741
      4165 8740 4164 8730 4163 8729 4164 8725
      4145 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 276DEG 50KT 4156 8735

$$

INC089-050145-
/O.CON.KLOT.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-080805T0145Z/
LAKE IN-
830 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
LAKE COUNTY...

AT 828 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GARY...MOVING EAST
AT 58 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW CHICAGO...LAKE STATION...AND HOBART BY 835 PM...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 4142 8724 4149 8748 4165 8746 4169 8741
      4165 8740 4164 8730 4163 8729 4164 8725
      4145 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 276DEG 50KT 4156 8735

$$

HALBACH

000 
WWUS53 KLOT 050147
SVSLOT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
847 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

INC089-050157-
/O.EXP.KLOT.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-080805T0145Z/
LAKE IN-
847 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 845 PM
CDT...

THE ROTATION WITH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA 
AND NO LONGER POSE A TORNADO THREAT.  HOWEVER...A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM TUESDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4142 8724 4149 8748 4165 8746 4169 8741
      4165 8740 4164 8730 4163 8729 4164 8725
      4145 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 276DEG 50KT 4156 8735

$$

HALBACH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Aug 4, 5:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 5:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
530 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

.DISCUSSION...
321 PM CDT

CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL TONIGHT AND HEAT/HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON
CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS.

A RATHER COMPLICATED SCENARIO IN TERMS OF THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL
LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL
MOVING ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS BUT THESE APPEAR TO BE
ELEVATED DUE TO EFFECTS FROM MORNING CONVECTION. MODIFIED ACARS
SOUNDINGS STILL SUGGESTING QUITE A BIT OF CONVECTIVE INHIBITION
FOR SURFACE BASED PARCELS. SKIES HAVE CLEARED OR PARTIALLY CLEARED
FROM SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA INTO PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
AND SPC RUC MESOSCALE ANALYSIS GRAPHICS DEPICT AN AXIS OF MOST
UNSTABLE CAPES APPROACHING 5K J/KG FROM EASTERN MISSOURI INTO
CENTRAL ILLINOIS. DEEP LAYER SHEAR ALSO IS ON THE INCREASE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON IN ASSOCIATION WITH APPROACHING SHEARED UPPER LEVEL
SHORT WAVE/SPEED MAX ACROSS EASTERN IOWA/SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. 500
HPA WINDS AT SLATER IOWA AND BLUE RIVER WISCONSIN HAVE GENERALLY
BEEN INDICATING SPEEDS IN THE 40 TO 50 KNOT RANGE WITH THIS SPEED
MAX. WITH VERY HIGH INSTABILITY AND STRENGTHENING DEEP LAYER
SHEAR...MAIN QUESTIONS REMAINING DEAL WITH OVERCOMING CONVECTIVE
INHIBITION. AS LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA AND
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN TRACKS EAST...FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST
ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE POOLING IN ADVANCE OF THIS BOUNDARY TO
INITIATE STORMS. LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE FIELDS SHOULD ALSO BECOME
MORE FAVORABLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY INTO EARLY
EVENING AS THE LOW LEVEL FRONT SAGS SOUTHWARD. MAIN CONCERN
TONIGHT APPEARS TO BE THE WIND THREAT GIVEN HIGH FREEZING
LEVELS...BUT IF ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE POOLING CAN OCCUR TO
REALIZE AFOREMENTIONED INSTABILITY PROFILES...LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO
BE A THREAT DESPITE RELATIVELY HIGH FREEZING LEVELS. IN
ADDITION...THERE DOES APPEAR TO BE A POTENTIAL OF SOME HEAVY
RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA.
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 2
INCHES IN ADVANCE OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY THIS EVENING...AND
CORFIDI VECTORS SUGGEST RELATIVELY WEAK PROPAGATION VELOCITIES.
WILL MAINTAIN LIKELY POPS ACROSS NORTHERN HALF OF CWA THIS
EVENING...AND THEN WILL EXPAND LIKELY POPS FURTHER SOUTHWARD
ACROSS REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING AS THIS FRONT
CONTINUES TO DROP SOUTHWARD.

OTHER CONCERN FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING IS HEAT INDEX
VALUES. TEMPS HAVE NOW RECOVERED INTO THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 80
ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE AREA AND COMBINED WITH DEW
PTS IN THE MID AND UPPER 70S...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL LIKELY HOVER
AROUND 100 DEGREES FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS SO WILL MAINTAIN HEAT
ADVISORY HEADLINES THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

FOR TOMORROW...ANOTHER UPPER STREAK WILL PROGRESS THROUGH BASE OF
BROADER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CURRENTLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
CANADA/DAKOTAS. THIS WILL ENHANCE DEEP LAYER SHEAR BUT WITH
EXPECTED PROXIMITY OF LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY...EXPECTING MORE
IMPRESSIVE INSTABILITY PROFILES ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA. AT THIS TIME...WILL KEEP HIGH CHANCE POPS ACROSS
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST TAPERING TO LOWER CHANCE POPS
ACROSS THE NORTH. ENTIRE FORECAST AREA REMAINS IN SLIGHT RISK FOR
SEVERE FOR TOMORROW...BUT GREATER CONCERN IS FOR SOUTHERN HALF OF
THE AREA. FORECAST GRIDS DO SUGGEST PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX
VALUES APPROACHING 100 IN EXTREME FAR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
AREA...BUT WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY HEADLINES AT THIS TIME.

A RELATIVELY QUIET WEATHER PERIOD IS IN STORE FOR MID TO LATE WEEK
AS LONGWAVE TROUGH AMPLIFIES OVER EASTERN CONUS/SOUTHEAST CANADA
AND UPPER RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE ROCKIES. AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF
NORTH FLOW EXPECTED LATE WEEK WITH TEMPS JUST BELOW SEASONABLE
NORMS AND COMFORTABLE HUMIDITY LEVELS. SFC RIDGE AXIS WILL SETTLE
ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES THIS WEEKEND ALLOWING FOR CONTINUED
DRY WEATHER.

MARSILI

&&

.AVIATION...DISCUSSION REGARDING 00Z TAFS...
530 PM CDT

OVERALL...INHERITED TAFS LOOK PRETTY GOOD IN TERMS OF TIMING OF
ONSET OF TSTMS.  STORMS APPEAR TO BE EVOLVING INTO A LINEAR COMPLEX
FROM EXTRM SWRN WI-ABOUT 30 NW KDVN.  LINE IS MOVG EWD ARND 30 KTS
AND IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN A MORE ESEWD MOVMT ONCE IT CROSSES MS RVR
AND INTERACTS WITH INSTABILITY GRADIENT LEFT FROM THIS MORNINGS
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.   AIR TO S OF THESE STORMS REMAINS VERY
MOIST.../UPPER 70 AND LOW 80 DEGREE DEW POINTS POOLING ALG OLD
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY/...AND EXPLOSIVELY UNSTABLE WITH SFC BASED CAPE IN
EXCESS OF 6000 J/KG FROM PIA AREA NWD TO THE E OF QUAD CITIES.  TSTM
TOPS JUST CROSSING MS RVR N OF KDVN ALREADY UP TO 62 THSD FT.  REF
WW806 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR MORE DETAILS ON CONVECTIVE
FCST.

EXPECT SQLN TO ACCELERATE ESEWD ACROSS AREA THIS EVENING SO WILL
END TSTM THREAT A LTL EARLIER THAN PREVIOUSLY FCST.

WILL GO WITH GENL VFR FCST MOST OF THIS EVENING XCP INVOF TSTMS.
AFTER WEAK FROPA LATER TNGT...AFTER 06Z...EXPECT A PERIOD OF MVFR
CIGS.

WINDS WILL BE GENLY FROM S ARND 10 KTS...SHIFTING TO WSW
OVERNIGHT...THEN SHIFTING AGAIN TO NNWLY ARND NOON TUES AS MAIN COLD
FRONT MOVES THRU RGN.

MERZLOCK

&&

.MARINE...
352 AM CDT

RIDGE OF HI PRES OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND UPPER OH VALLEY WILL
WEAKEN AS IT SINKS S OVER THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS TODAY...WHILE LO
PRES IN NW IA MOVES E TO FAR SE WI. THE LO CONTINUES TO LOWER MI
OVERNIGHT AND E OF GEORGIAN BAY BY TUE NIGHT. HIGH PRES THEN BUILDS
SE FROM THE CANADIAN ROCKIES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MID MS
VALLEY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH WED. BY LATE FRI THE RIDGE WILL
EXTEND FROM MANITOBA S ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND SE ACROSS THE
MID MS VALLEY AND LOWER OH VALLEY. LIGHT TO MODERATE BREEZES TIL
LATER THU INTO FRI WHEN NW AND N WINDS FRESHEN WITH RATHER
SIGNIFICANT COLD AIR ADVECTION OCCURRING UNDER NNW-NW MID AND UPPER
FLOW OUT OF N CENTRAL CANADA INTO THE UPPER MIDEST AND UPPER GREAT
LAKES.

TRS

&&

.LOT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...NONE.
IN...NONE.
LM...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 3:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
345 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
052045-
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-
345 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008 /445 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

THUNDERSTORMS SOME MAY PRODUCE:
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.
QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING.
HEAT INDEX OF 100 OR GREATER.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

LOCATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THIS EVENING...THEN ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA OVERNIGHT.

DISCUSSION:

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE
ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS EVENING IN THE
VICINITY OF A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS BOUNDARY WILL
DROP INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL ALSO BE APPROACHING NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND
NORTHWEST INDIANA THIS EVENING. VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS EXIST
ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA AND THIS
INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH THE APPROACHING FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WILL RESULT IN A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
TONIGHT...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. THERE IS
ALSO A POTENTIAL OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS.

THE COMBINATION OF HIGH HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURES AROUND 90...WILL
PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES IN EXCESS OF 100 DEGREES THROUGH EARLY
EVENING SOUTH OF A MENDOTA TO KANKAKEE LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND AND
LARGE HAIL.

HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY APPROACH 100 DEGREES TUESDAY AFTERNOON
GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FAIRBURY TO MILFORD TO WATSEKA LINE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

&&

COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO

LMZ740>745-052045-
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-
345 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS
NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE INDIANA NEARSHORE
WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 KNOTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT.

&&

COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO

LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-
870-872-874-876-878-052045-
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 TOW 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-
345 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE OPEN WATERS
OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 KNOTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT.

&&

COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO

MARSILI

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 4, 8:01 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
801 PM CDT MON AUG 04 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0801 PM     TORNADO          ELMHURST                41.90N 87.94W
08/04/2008                   DUPAGE             IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO ON GROUND.

&&

RODRIGUEZ

Local storm report, Aug 4, 8:02 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
802 PM CDT MON AUG 04 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     N MOUNT MORRIS          42.05N 89.43W
08/04/2008                   OGLE               IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            BUILDING LEVELED ON THE NORTHSIDE.

&&

RODRIGUEZ

Local storm report, Aug 4, 8:06 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
806 PM CDT MON AUG 04 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0751 PM     HAIL             WOODRIDGE               41.74N 88.04W
08/04/2008  M0.75 INCH       DUPAGE             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RODRIGUEZ

Local storm report, Aug 4, 8:10 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
810 PM CDT MON AUG 04 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0805 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     FRANKLIN PARK           41.94N 87.88W
08/04/2008                   COOK               IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

RODRIGUEZ

Local storm report, Aug 4, 8:15 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
815 PM CDT MON AUG 04 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0740 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SYCAMORE                41.98N 88.70W
08/04/2008                   DE KALB            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ONE FOOT IN DIAMETER TREE IN HOUSE WITH MULTIPLE SIX TO
            EIGHT INCH TREES DOWN ACROSS SYCAMORE.

&&

RODRIGUEZ

Local storm report, Aug 4, 8:17 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
817 PM CDT MON AUG 04 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0735 PM     HAIL             WEST DUNDEE             42.10N 88.29W
08/04/2008  M1.00 INCH       KANE               IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RODRIGUEZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 4, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter	76 min
Aug 4, 8:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Lake	30 min
Aug 4, 8:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Lake, Porter	43 min
Aug 4, 8:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Lake, Porter	2 hr
Aug 4, 10:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Benton	49 min
Aug 4, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lake	61 min
Aug 5, 12:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Jasper, Lake, Porter	69 min
Aug 5, 1:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Jasper, Lake, Porter	4 hr
Aug 5, 5:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LOT	Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter	12 hr
Aug 5, 6:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Benton, Jasper	17 min
Aug 4, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Boone, Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kendall, Lake and 4 more	72 min
Aug 4, 7:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Kane	23 min
Aug 4, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage, Kane	20 min
Aug 4, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, LaSalle, Lee	57 min
Aug 4, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage	30 min
Aug 4, 7:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall and 6 more	4 hr
Aug 4, 7:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage, Will	24 min
Aug 4, 7:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Cook	32 min
Aug 4, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle, Will	39 min
Aug 4, 8:28 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		81 min
Aug 4, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, Kane, Lake, McHenry	61 min
Aug 4, 11:09 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		2 hr
Aug 4, 11:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage	3 hr
Aug 5, 4:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle, Lee	50 min
Aug 5, 4:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle	63 min
Aug 5, 5:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston	49 min
Aug 5, 6:04 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Iroquois, Kankakee	26 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.