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Special Weather Statement, NWS Chicago, IL

July 23, 2016Kankakee County, Illinois; Jasper County, Newton County, Porter County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2016, 11:13 PM CDT for Kankakee County, Illinois; Jasper County, Newton County, Porter County, Indiana. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 23, 2016, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2016, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL

Counties Kankakee County, IL, Jasper County, IN, Newton County, IN, Porter County, IN

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 23, 8:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 8:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 4:06 PM CDT, 7 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
406 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
242115-
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-
406 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016 /506 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
  SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM RISK...WITH AN ASSOCIATED:
      LIMITED HAIL RISK...UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE.
      ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK...UP TO 70 MPH.
  LIMITED FLOODING RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

DISCUSSION:

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. MOST STORMS WILL BE SLOW
MOVING AND THUS CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.
IN ADDITION...THERE WILL BE A BRIEF GUSTY WIND THREAT WITH ANY STORMS.

A MORE ORGANIZED AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE IN FROM EASTERN IOWA
THIS EVENING AND IMPACT AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. DAMAGING
WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. A
MINIMAL TORNADO THREAT EXISTS NEAR THE WISCONSIN BORDER.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.

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

SUNDAY...
  LIMITED FLOODING RISK.
  LIMITED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.
MONDAY...
  LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
  LIMITED THUNDERSTORM RISK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:

MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN TO THE SOUTHEAST
AT 20 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

&&

LMZ740>745-242115-
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-
406 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 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.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON WITH MORE
ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT. STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KT...WITH ISOLATED
STORMS PRODUCING GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KT.

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

THERE ARE PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY...AND AGAIN
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

&&

LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-
870-872-874-876-878-242115-
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-
406 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH
THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KT...WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 50 KT.

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

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY...AND THEN AGAIN
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.

&&

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 23, 10:33 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 23, 10:34 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 10:39 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 23, 10:41 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 11:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Cook	45 min
Jul 23, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Boone, Winnebago	26 min
Jul 23, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee, Ogle	42 min
Jul 23, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee, Ogle	53 min
Jul 23, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Lee, Ogle	46 min
Jul 23, 8:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Ogle, Winnebago	3 hr
Jul 23, 9:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	DuPage, Kane	38 min
Jul 23, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Kendall	61 min
Jul 23, 10:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Cook, DuPage	45 min
Jul 23, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		90 min
Jul 23, 10:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LOT	Boone, McHenry, Winnebago	12 hr
Jul 24, 12:33 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook	39 hr
Jul 24, 3:27 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	LOT	DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane and 6 more	16 hr
Jul 24, 6:56 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Will	29 hr
Jul 24, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Lake	36 min
Jul 24, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		93 min
Jul 24, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Kane	37 min
Jul 24, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, Lake	33 min
Jul 24, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		53 min
Jul 24, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	LaSalle	28 min
Jul 24, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Cook	44 min
Jul 24, 5:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook, DuPage, Lake	4 hr
Jul 24, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	DuPage	37 min
Jul 24, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	LaSalle	45 min
Jul 24, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		2 hr
Jul 24, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook	40 min
Jul 24, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	DuPage	34 min
Jul 24, 6:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Cook	4 hr
Jul 24, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle	30 min
Jul 24, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook	25 min
Jul 24, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage	46 min
Jul 23, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Lake, Porter	51 min
Jul 24, 12:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Jasper, Newton	50 min

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