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Small Craft Advisory 5, NWS Chicago, IL

January 16, 2016

NWS Chicago, IL issued this small craft advisory at Jan 16, 2016, 3:16 PM CST. It took effect at Jan 16, 2016, 9:02 PM CST. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 16, 2016, 3:16 PM CST (21:16 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 16, 2016, 9:02 PM CST
Expired
Jan 18, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
In force
45 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 Jan 16, 2:30 PM CST, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 2:30 PM CST, 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 16, 3:16 PM CST, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
316 PM CST SAT JAN 16 2016

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
172130-
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-
316 PM CST SAT JAN 16 2016 /416 PM EST SAT JAN 16 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 BELOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS.

ICE JAMS ARE POSSIBLE ON AREA RIVERS DUE TO COLD TEMPERATURES.

IN ADDITION...PORTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL REMAIN IN
FLOOD.

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

WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

ICE JAMS ARE POSSIBLE ON AREA RIVERS DUE TO COLD WEATHER.

IN ADDITION...PORTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL REMAIN IN
FLOOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

LMZ740>745-172130-
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-
316 PM CST SAT JAN 16 2016

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 HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
TONIGHT PRIMARILY FOR THE INDIANA WATERS.

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

WINDS AND WAVES HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED FOR THE
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEARSHORE WATERS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

FREEZING SPRAY IS LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.

&&

LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-
870-872-874-876-878-172130-
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-
316 PM CST SAT JAN 16 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

FREEZING SPRAY IS LIKELY TONIGHT.

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

FREEZING SPRAY IS LIKELY THROUGH MONDAY.

&&

BMD

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 16, 2:39 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryLOTBoone, DeKalb, Kane, Lake, Lee, McHenry and 2 more45 hr

Nearby

Small Craft Advisories in Illinois, 2016Every small craft advisory in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.