Academy Of Sciences, IL Hazardous Weather Outlook

Academy Of Sciences, Illinois

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 430 PM CDT THU SEP 4 2008
Expiration: 430 PM CDT FRI SEP 05 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

HEAVY RAIN AND MINOR FLOODING.

AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE EARLY THIS EVENING.

DISCUSSION:

RAIN WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES THIS EVENING...WITH STORM TOTAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES LIKELY BY THE TIME THE
RAIN ENDS BY MID EVENING. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN
SOME MINOR FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

THERE IS ALSO AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT ALONG
THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA SHORES.

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

THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE INDIANA
SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH LATE FRIDAY EVENING.

THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY...THEN AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.

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