2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 7, 2:30 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 330 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 .DISCUSSION FOR AFTERNOON ZONES/GRIDS... NOT MUCH CHANGE TO GOING FORECAST WITH MAIN FOCUS BEING SEVERAL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. COUPLE OF SHORT WAVES BEING MONITORED THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRST OF THESE WAVES SKIRTING NORTH OF THE AREA HAS LED TO MORNING/AFTERNOON CONVECTION ACROSS WESTERN/CENTRAL WISCONSIN. VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY BEGINNING TO SAG SOUTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN. OF MORE IMMEDIATE IMPORTANCE HAS BEEN THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA FROM MID AFTERNOON ON. LAKE BREEZE HAS MADE LIMITED INROADS DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW NOT ALLOWING MUCH INLAND PENETRATION. MUST OF INLAND PENETRATION HAS BEEN CONFINED TO LAKE COUNTY IL WHERE WITH SOUTHEAST FLOW BEING FAVORED. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AT LEADING EDGE OF LOW LEVEL THETA-E RIDGE WHICH HAS SLOWLY BEEN PROGRESSING ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEE THIS LOW LEVEL FOCUS CONTINUE TO SHIFT OFF TO THE EAST SO WILL INCLUDE THUNDER MENTION FOR FEW HOURS THIS EVENING FOR FAR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. SB CAPES FROM NAM SOUNDINGS AND MODIFIED ACARS SOUNDINGS POINTING TO SB CAPES BETWEEN 2-3K J/KG BUT SHEAR PROFILES VERY WEAK. THEREFORE MAIN CONCERN EARLY THIS EVENING WILL BE FOR SOME SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS BEFORE FORCING MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF CWA WITH POSSIBILITY OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM WI CONVECTION SAGGING SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT. WILL ALSO SEE CONVECTION REFIRE TONIGHT TO THE NORTH AND WEST AS NEXT SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE ROUNDS WESTERN CONUS LONGWAVE TROUGH...WITH DECENT LOW LEVEL JET SETTING UP ACROSS THE PLAINS AND INTO IA/MN. NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION TO SEE SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY DIVE SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH 1000-500 HPA THICKNESS RIDGE TOWARD WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT WILL KEEP POPS MAINLY IN FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON PERIOD ACROSS THE NORTHWEST. HAD TO MAINTAIN THE BROADBRUSH POPS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WITH SEVERAL MID LEVEL WAVES FORECASTED TO RIDE THROUGH MID/UPPER LEVEL SWRLY FLOW TO THE NORTH. AS PREVIOUS FORECASTS HAVE MENTIONED...ALOT OF THIS DEPENDS ON EXACTLY WHERE CONVECTIVELY INDUCED OUTFLOWS SETUP ACROSS THE AREA WHICH WILL HELP TO FOCUS CHANCES. FORECASTED SHEAR PROFILES FROM GFS/NAM BUFFER DATA CONTINUE TO LOOK RATHER UNIMPRESSIVE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH BEST SHEAR PROFILES MOST LIKELY SETTING UP ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWEST CLOSER TO STRONGER MID LEVEL FLOW. LOW LEVEL FLOW SHOULD BE STRONG ENOUGH ON WEDNESDAY TO LIMIT ANY LAKE BREEZE...BUT POST WEDNESDAY THINGS GET A LITTLE TRICKIER WITH WEAKER LOW LEVEL AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW ENHANCING FLOW OFF THE LAKE. LITTLE CHANGE TO INHERITED MAX/MIN TEMPS WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. NDM && .AVIATION DISCUSSION FOR 18Z TAFS... MAIN THREAT FOR AVIATION CONCERNS CONTINUES TO LAKE BREEZE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL...AND THE POSSIBILTY FOR CONVECTION DEVELOPMENT. ETA 12 SHOWS DEVELOPMENT OF LAKE BREEZE LIKELY AND MAY PUSH WESTWARD THROUGH THE ORD AND MDW AREAS. CANT ARGUE WITH THIS GIVEN TEMPS RISING INTO LOW 90S OVER LAND...CONTRASTING WITH COLD LAKE WATER AND OTHERWISE RELATIVELY WEAK LOW-LEVEL WINDS. WITH INCREASING LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY, SFC DEWPOINTS APPROACHING 70F AND SURFACE BASED CAPE AROUND 3000 J/KG, SCT CB/TSRA DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY. BUT ACTIVITY SHOULD BE WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO KEEP WANT TO KEEP TS OUT OF THE TAFS FOR THE MOMENT. OTHERWISE...CIGS SHOULD REMAIN VFR. NO SGFNT OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT, BUT WITH INCRG MOISTURE AND WINDS GOING CALM AROUND SUNRISE, EXPECTING VIS TO DECREASE TO AROUND 5SM IN HZ. && .LOT...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .IL...NONE. .IN...NONE. .LK MI...NONE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 400 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>022-023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011- 019-081100- WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DU PAGE-COOK- LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD- LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- 400 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 THIS PORTION OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE... TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 88 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE AREA...POSSIBLY MOVING INTO FAR NORTHERN ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT...MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MCHENRY TO DEKALB TO DIXON. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TOWARD WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE MAIN THREAT WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CALUMET CITY TO PONTIAC. IT WILL BE HOT AND HUMID AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY WITH AFTEROON HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM 90 TO 95. DEW POINTS AROUND 70 WILL CREAT HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A CONTINUED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TOWARD WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS FAR NORTHERN ILLINOIS. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (LOWER CASE) LMZ740>745-766-081100- WINTHROP HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN- LAKE MICHIGAN- 400 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 THIS PORTION OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE... TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AFTEROON AND EVENING. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FROM THURSDAY INTO MONDAY. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (LOWER CASE)
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
317 PM CDT TUE JUN 07 2005
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0300 PM HAIL 5 E OGDEN DUNES 41.62N 87.10W
06/07/2005 0.88 INCH PORTER IN TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZED HAIL OBSERVED AT INDIANA DUNES STATE PARK.
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KREINThe Chicago radar (KLOT), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:01 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large cottonwood tree was blown down as well as several large tree limbs.
Several large trees were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5457171, 5457172.