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Small Craft Advisory 79, NWS Chicago, IL

September 30, 2011

NWS Chicago, IL issued this small craft advisory at Sep 30, 2011, 3:15 PM CDT. It was in force for 43 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 30, 2011, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired
Oct 2, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
43 hr
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Sep 30, 3:01 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 3:01 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 30, 11:08 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1108 AM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
011615-
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-
1108 AM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011 /1208 PM EDT FRI SEP 30 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTER AND LAKE
COUNTIES IN INDIANA THIS MORNING...BEFORE ABATING THIS AFTERNOON.
THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTHWEST INDIANA
LAKESHORE.

DUE TO VERY LARGE WAVES ON LAKE MICHIGAN...COASTAL FLOODING AND
BEACH EROSION IS LIKELY FOR THE PORTER COUNTY LAKESHORE THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON.

A COLD AIR MASS COMBINED WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE COULD SET THE
STAGE FOR AREAS OF FROST ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS TONIGHT.

RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT FOR BOTH THE ILLINOIS AND
INDIANA LAKE SHORES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH
CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF CHICAGO ON SATURDAY
NIGHT.

THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY
EVENING FOR BOTH THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA LAKE SHORES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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

LMZ740>745-011615-
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-
1108 AM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG
THE INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS FROM GARY TO MICHIGAN CITY.

GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR
BOTH THE INDIANA AND THE ILLINOIS NEARSHORE WATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY TO
CONTINUE FOR THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA NEARSHORES INTO SUNDAY.

&&

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-
870-872-874-876-878-011615-
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-
1108 AM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

STORM FORCE WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE SOUTH HALF OF LAKE
MICHIGAN INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

GALE FORCE WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN INTO TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

&&

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

RC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 30, 3:45 AM CDTGale WarningLOT21 hr
Sep 30, 11:58 AM CDTLakeshore Flood StatementLOT4 hr

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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.