Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
426 AM CDT MON MAR 12 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  THUNDERSTORMS...SOME COULD PRODUCE
    HAIL AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR GREATER.
    DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
    ISOLATED TORNADOES.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  FROM NORTHEAST ILLINOIS EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA...MAINLY
  NORTH OF THE KANKAKEE RIVER...LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS
  EVENING.

  DISCUSSION:

  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
  AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. IF
  THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP...AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND STRONG WINDS
  ALOFT WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR PRODUCING A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE
  STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THIS
WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO

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