HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL ***431 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2014*** 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- 431 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 /531 AM EDT MON SEP 1 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. HAIL TO GREATER THAN ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: SCATTERED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. REDEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED STORMS IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 LOOK TO HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR GREATER COVERAGE OF STORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...WHEN THEY WOULD HAVE THE BETTER ABILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND SEVERE WEATHER. DISCUSSION: SCATTERED STORMS THIS MORNING ARE POSSIBLE WHICH WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH THESE APPEAR MINIMAL...HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED STRONG WINDS...POSSIBLY UP TO NEAR 60 MPH...ARE PROBABLE WITH ANY STORMS. **REDEVELOPMENT** OF SCATTERED STORMS IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. STRENGTHENING WINDS ALOFT IN THE ATMOSPHERE COULD PRESENT SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS...CAPABLE OF STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. REGENERATING STORMS MOST CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING WILL BE MOST FAVORED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...ESPECIALLY THE AREAS THAT SAW VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THIS PAST SATURDAY NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY TUESDAY FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A PONTIAC TO RENSSELAER LINE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL OCCUR LATER IN THE WEEK...MAINLY ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 13:08:24 +0000
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