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Small Craft Advisory 69, NWS Chicago, IL

October 7, 2016

NWS Chicago, IL issued this small craft advisory at Oct 7, 2016, 3:06 AM CDT. It took effect at Oct 7, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 7, 2016, 3:06 AM CDT (08:06 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 7, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 8, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
33 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 Oct 7, 1:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 1:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 6, 4:04 PM CDT, 11 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
404 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
072115-
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-
404 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016 /504 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
  LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK...WITH AN ASSOCIATED:
   LIMITED HAIL RISK...UP TO QUARTER SIZE.
   LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK...UP TO 60 MPH.
  LIMITED FLOODING RISK.

DISCUSSION:

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING. A FEW STRONGER STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST ILLINOIS LATER TONIGHT...POSSIBLY
GETTING INTO NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS WEST OF I-39.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

FRIDAY...
  LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED FOR AREAS WEST OF I-39 LATER TONIGHT.

GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:

MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

&&

LMZ740>745-072115-
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-
404 PM CDT THU OCT 6 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.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...
  HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY.

&&

LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-
870-872-874-876-878-072115-
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-
404 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

GALES ARE LIKELY OVER THE NORTH HALF LATE TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

GALES ARE LIKELY OVER THE NORTH HALF FRIDAY MORNING.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY.

&&

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 6, 9:11 PM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 6, 8:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTMcHenry25 min
Oct 6, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLake38 min
Oct 6, 11:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTLee, Ogle, Winnebago51 min

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.