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Small Craft Advisory 39, NWS Chicago, IL

April 13, 2013

NWS Chicago, IL issued this small craft advisory at Apr 13, 2013, 9:59 PM CDT. It took effect at Apr 14, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2013, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 14, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2013, 3:02 PM CDT
In force
29 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 Apr 13, 8:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 8:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 3:55 PM CDT, 6 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
355 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2013

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
142100-
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-
355 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2013 /455 PM EDT SAT APR 13 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT...MAINLY
WEST OF THE FOX RIVER VALLEY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL NOT BE
SEVERE...HOWEVER OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE
POSSIBLE.

PORTIONS OF MANY AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON
THE RISE DUE TO RECENT RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY SUNDAY WITH GUSTS OF
30 TO 35 MPH OCCURRING IN THE AFTERNOON. A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 40
MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED ON MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS.
SOME LOCATIONS WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND
POSSIBLY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AREA WIDE SUNDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTINUE FOR AREAS PRIMARILY ALONG AND SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 80 MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

PERIODIC THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AREA WIDE TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.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>745-142100-
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-
355 PM CDT SAT APR 13 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.

WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ALONG THE
INDIANA NEAR SHORE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

WINDS AND WAVES WILL AGAIN BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ON SUNDAY
AND SUNDAY NIGHT FOR BOTH THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA NEAR SHORE
WATERS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH PERIODIC CHANCES
FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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-
870-872-874-876-878-142100-
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-
355 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

A FEW GALE FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF
LAKE MICHIGAN SUNDAY NIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL CHANCES
FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAINLY ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

&&

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

BMD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 4:10 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLOTFord, Grundy, LaSalle, Livingston15 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.