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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 20, 2015, 10:15 PM CDT for 7 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2015, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2015, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ford County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Will County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -493 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Jun 20, 6:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 6:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 653 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015 .MESOSCALE DISCUSSION... 547 PM CDT SHORTWAVE/SPEED MAX NOTED ON W/V MOVING FROM EASTERN IA INTO NORTHWEST IL WEAKENED CAPPING ENOUGH OVER OUR AREA FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO SPREAD EASTWARD. EARLIER SEVERE WARNED STORM INITIALLY SHOWED A GOOD WIND SIGNATURE BUT QUICKLY WEAKENED AND IT APPEARS SEVERE THREAT FOR NEXT FEW HOURS WILL BE FAIRLY MINIMAL WITH THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST CWA AND MORE OF A HEAVY RAIN THREAT. THIS IS DUE TO STRONG MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO THIS AREA AND PWAT VALUES INCREASING TO UPWARDS OF 1.5 INCHES ACCORDING TO LATEST SPC MESOANALYSIS. MAIN SEVERE THREAT THIS EVENING WILL BE TIED TO EVOLUTION OF BROKEN LINE OF CONVECTION ACROSS EASTERN IOWA THAT MAY PASS NEAR OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF FAR WEST AND SOUTHWEST CWA. MAIN THREAT BY THIS TIME/8-10 PM CDT/WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND ALSO SEVERE HAIL. RC && .SHORT TERM... 329 PM CDT THROUGH TONIGHT... STILL LINGERING UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS THIS EVENING...WITH AN OVERALL TREND TOWARD A LOWER THREAT FOR THE THE NORTHEAST 1/2 TO 2/3 OF THE CWA. AS NOTED EARLIER...CLOUD COVER HAS OVERALL LIMITED DESTABILIZATION PROCESS EVEN IN PRESENCE OF GRADUALLY MOISTENING DEWPOINTS. ALSO A VERY STOUT WARM NOSE AT BASE OF EML ADVECTING WESTWARD CENTERED FROM 750-850 MB NOTED ON 18Z DVN SOUNDING WILL RESULT IN CAPPING/CINH AS DESTABILIZATION OCCURS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ITS APPEARS THAT LINGERING CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST IA AND NORTHWEST IL ON NOSE OF SPEED MAX SEEN ON W/V IMAGERY COULD BE MAIN FOCUS FOR WHAT OCCURS THIS EVENING...ONCE STRONGER FORCING ARRIVES AND WEAKENS THE CAP. IT STILL LOOKS THAT STRONGEST INSTABILITY AXIS WITH MLCAPE UP TO 1K TO 2K J/KG WILL RESIDE NEAR OR JUST WEST OF THE FAR WEST AND SOUTHWEST CWA. MORE ROBUST CONVECTION LIKELY WILL RIDE THIS NORTH- NORTHWEST TO SOUTH- SOUTHEAST AXIS THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...IN PRESENCE OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR OF 40-50 KT...HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS FAVORED TO BE WEST OF DIXON TO OTTAWA TO PAXTON LINE...FAIRLY SIMILAR TO RECENT RUNS OF HRRR. UPSCALE GROWTH INTO MCS MAY BE OCCURRING BY TIME STORMS ARRIVE...SO PRIMARY THREATS FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS LOOK TO BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. FOR REST OF AREA...IT APPEARS BAND OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED STORMS WILL STILL PRESS SOUTHEAST AHEAD OF COLD FRONT AS DEPICTED ON RECENT HRRR RUNS...BUT WITH MUCH LOWER CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING POTENTIAL MAY BE LIMITED BUT ALSO NON-ZERO FOR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA...SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS EVENING. COULD END UP BEING MORE OF A SHOWER/EMBEDDED THUNDER SCENARIO. FINALLY...ANY ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH HIGH PWAT IN 1.7 TO 1.8 INCH RANGE SAGGING SOUTHWARD AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THUS GIVEN RECENT HEAVY RAINS...WILL ALSO NEED TO MONITOR FOR FLOOD POTENTIAL THIS EVENING EVEN IN FASTER STORM MOTIONS. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S...WITH 60S DEWPOINTS YIELDING MUGGY CONDITIONS. RC && .LONG TERM... 329 PM CDT SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS/CHALLENGES FOR THE PERIOD REMAIN WITH AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WITH PERIODIC CHANCES FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING NEXT WEEK. THE PERIOD WILL BEGIN WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY STILL LIKELY LINGERING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE CWA...WHERE UPPER 60S DEWPOINTS WILL STILL LIKELY RESIDE. WHILE CONVECTION FROM THE OVERNIGHT WILL HAVE LIKELY EXITED THE AREA BY THE MORNING...THERE APPEARS TO BE A CHANCE FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA MAINLY SOUTH OF PONTIAC ILLINOIS TO MOROCCO INDIANA LINE. FORECAST SOUNDINGS IN THESE LOCATIONS ARE INDICATING INCREASING INSTABILITY WITH LITTLE TO NO CIN DURING THE MORNING AND ALTHOUGH THE CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS LOW...THERE DOES APPEAR TO BE A SMALL WINDOW BEFORE THE AXIS OF BEST DEVELOPMENT ALONG THIS BOUNDARY PUSHES SOUTH OF THE CWA BY MIDDAY. THE AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY BE DRY WITH CLEARING SKIES...AND WITH TEMPERATURES INCREASING INTO THE 80S. WINDS NEAR THE LAKE WILL BEGIN OUT OF THE NORTHWEST TO NORTH AND WITH A SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST/EAST LIKELY BY MIDDAY...LIMITING TEMPS TO THE 70S. CONDITIONS APPEAR TO BE QUIET SUNDAY EVENING AND THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...ATTENTION TURNS BACK WEST TOWARDS INCREASING MID LEVEL ENERGY AND A STRENGTHENING LLJ. THESE FEATURES WILL ALLOW FOR SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WELL WEST OF THE CWA ACROSS IOWA FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT. SOME OF THIS DEVELOPMENT COULD POSSIBLY REACH THE FAR WESTERN CWA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING AND HAVE MAINTAINED SLIGHT CHANCE WORDING DURING THIS TIME. THE BETTER CHANCES WILL COME MONDAY MORNING WHEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT APPEARS POSSIBLE. VEERING LLJ...APPROACHING MID LEVEL SUPPORT...AND GOOD MOIST/TEMP ADVECTION SHOULD PROVIDE AMPLE SUPPORT FOR AT LEAST SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. WITH THIS DECENT FORCING IN PLACE AND WHILE MODERATE/STRONG INSTABILITY ALOFT QUICKLY LIFTS NORTH ACROSS THE CWA...COULD ALLOW FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO BE STRONG TO SEVERE. THE LIKELY HAZARD WOULD BE FOR LARGE HAIL...BEFORE THIS DEVELOPMENT LIFTS NORTH OF THE CWA BY MIDDAY. GUIDANCE DOES VARY TO HOW MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL EVOLVE WITH REGARD TO ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...BUT IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THERE WILL BE A DRY WINDOW DURING THIS TIME. PERSISTING WARM/MOIST PUSH RIDING ALONG STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE OBSERVED MONDAY AND IF THE CLOUDS CAN DEPART...TEMPS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S WILL BE LIKELY. ANOTHER DECENT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM ARRIVING MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THEM TO BE STRONG TO SEVERE. HAVE NOT INCREASE POPS DURING THIS TIME TOO MUCH OWING TO SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH COVERAGE AND EXACT TIMING. HOWEVER...WITH A SURFACE TROUGH AND FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA...DEVELOPMENT DEFINITELY APPEARS POSSIBLE. THIS FRONT SHOULD PUSH THROUGH THE CWA BY TUESDAY BUT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT IT COULD LINGER ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWA DURING THIS TIME. IF IT DOES...THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL CHANCES OVER THE SOUTHERN CWA. RODRIGUEZ && .AVIATION... //ORD AND MDW CONCERNS...UPDATED 00Z... * SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA THIS EVENING. * WIND DIRECTIONS...POSSIBLY EASTERLY...THIS EVENING. * MVFR VIS/CIGS OVERNIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING. * GUSTY NORTHWEST/WEST WINDS SUNDAY. * POSSIBLE LAKE BREEZE/NORTHEAST WIND SHIFT LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON/ EARLY EVENING. CMS //DISCUSSION...UPDATED 00Z... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL IL EARLY THIS EVENING. WHILE THESE STORMS WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE EAST...THEY ARE SLOWLY MOVING FURTHER EAST AND EVENTUALLY... EXPECT THUNDER TO REACH THE CHICAGO AREA TERMINALS BUT CONFIDENCE REGARDING TIMING AND COVERAGE IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN. TWEAKED TIMING WITH THE 00Z TAFS BUT EXPECT ADDITIONAL REFINEMENTS WILL BE NEEDED IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AHEAD OF THE STORMS...LIGHT RAIN OR SHOWERS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. HOW LONG THIS ACTIVITY PERSISTS INTO THE LATE EVENING IS ALSO UNCERTAIN AS SHORT TERM GUIDANCE SUGGESTS ACTIVITY COULD CONTINUE THRU 05Z-06Z. OUTFLOW FROM THESE SHOWERS/STORMS HAS CAUSED THE WIND FIELD TO BECOME QUITE DISTURBED. GENERALLY WESTERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY BECOME VARIABLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...POSSIBLY SHIFTING LIGHT EASTERLY THIS EVENING. WINDS SHOULD TURN BACK NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT AND THEN BEGIN TO INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING...TURNING MORE WESTERLY BY THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL THAT AS THESE WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THAT A LAKE BREEZE MAY FORM AND INCLUDED A POSSIBLE LAKE BREEZE EARLY SUNDAY EVENING WITH THE 30 HOUR ORD TAF. WITH THE LIGHT WINDS AND MOIST LOW LEVELS...APPEARS MVFR CIGS AND VIS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLY DIPPING TO IFR IN SOME LOCATIONS. ANY LOWER CIGS OR FOG THAT DEVELOP SHOULD QUICKLY LIFT AND IMPROVE AFTER SUNRISE. CMS //ORD AND MDW CONFIDENCE...UPDATED 00Z... * HIGH FOR SHRA/TSRA THIS EVENING...MEDIUM FOR TIMING/COVERAGE. * LOW FOR WIND DIRECTIONS THIS EVENING...MEDIUM FOR WINDS OVERNIGHT/SUNDAY. * HIGH FOR MVFR VIS/CIGS OVERNIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING...MEDIUM FOR TIMING. CMS //OUTLOOK FOR ORD/MDW FOR 12Z MONDAY-12Z SATURDAY...UPDATED 00Z... * MONDAY...CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA. STRONG/GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS. * TUESDAY...DRY/VFR. NORTHEAST WINDS. * WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA. EASTERLY WINDS. * FRIDAY...SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA. NORTHEAST WINDS. && .MARINE... 408 PM CDT THERE WAS A BRIEF PERIOD OF STRONGER WINDS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE LAKE...POSSIBLY UP TO 33 KT FOR A TIME. HOWEVER...WINDS HAVE SINCE DIMINISHED BACK TO THE 10 TO 15 KT RANGE IN THE NEAR TERM. THESE SPEEDS WITH GENERALLY SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND INTO A PORTION OF THE OVERNIGHT...BEFORE A TROUGH AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND ALTHOUGH THERE COULD BE A SMALL WINDOW OF 10 TO 20 KT WINDS WITH THIS WIND SHIFT...THE MORE PREVAILING SPEEDS WILL BE IN THE 10 TO 15 KT RANGE. NORTHERLY FLOW WILL REMAIN SUNDAY MORNING BUT DIMINISH AND THEN LIKELY BECOME MORE LIGHT AND VARIABLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. EXPECT WINDS TO SHIFT BACK MORE SOUTHERLY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...AND THEN INCREASE DURING THIS TIME. THIS INCREASE WILL ESPECIALLY OCCUR MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING...WHEN SOUTHERLY WINDS UP TO 30 KT ARE APPEARING LIKELY. THIS WILL PERSIST UNTIL ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...WITH WINDS THEN EXPECTED TO TURN TO THE NORTHWEST WHILE DIMINISHING. RODRIGUEZ && .LOT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. IN...NONE. LM...NONE. && VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 4:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 442 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 212145- 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- 442 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE: TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. QUARTER SIZED HAIL. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN LIKELY ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA FROM EARLY TO MID EVENING. THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL PASS WEST OF A BYRON TO OTTAWA TO PAXTON LINE. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL SINK SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING...WITH AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FORMING AHEAD OF THE FRONT. A MOIST AIRMASS WILL ALSO BE IN PLACE SO TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY WITH WELL ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS. GIVEN THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH RISES ON LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING CONTINUES ON PORTIONS OF THE KANKAKEE AND IROQUOIS RIVERS IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...AND MODERATE FLOODING CONTINUES ON THE ILLINOIS RIVER NEAR LA SALLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE ARE PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS ON MONDAY COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE AND PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. PORTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS...IROQUOIS AND KANKAKEE RIVERS WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED IN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING. && LMZ740>745-212145- 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- 442 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015 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 THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE ARE PERIODIC CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. && LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868- 870-872-874-876-878-212145- 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- 442 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE LAKE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE ARE PERIODIC CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. && RODRIGUEZ VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kendall | 28 min |
| Jun 20, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Will | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 8:37 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Kane, Kendall | 47 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Will | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 9:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Will | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 9:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Will | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:26 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 94 min | |
| Jun 20, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Grundy, LaSalle, Livingston | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | LaSalle, Livingston | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 10:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Livingston | 74 min |
| Jun 20, 10:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee, Will | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 12:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Iroquois | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:34 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee | 36 hr |
| Jun 21, 6:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee | 4 days |
| Jun 21, 6:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Grundy, Will | 5 days |
| Jun 21, 6:33 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Iroquois | 36 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:01 AM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | 25 hr | |
| Jun 21, 9:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 33 hr |
| Jun 21, 11:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Grundy | 4 days |
| Jun 21, 3:06 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 25 hr | |
| Jun 20, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lake, Porter | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Benton, Jasper, Newton | 54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.