HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 517 PM CDT SUN SEP 5 2010 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 062230- 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- 517 PM CDT SUN SEP 5 2010 /617 PM EDT SUN SEP 5 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: THUNDERSTORMS...THE STRONGEST WHICH MAY PRODUCE: OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. BRIEF DOWNPOURS. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST...BUT REMAIN NORTH OF I-88. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST AND COULD REACH THE CITY OF CHICAGO THIS EVENING. DISCUSSION: WEAK SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDER ARE SLOWLY ADVANCING FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING...IN A NARROW BAND STRETCHING FROM WINSLOW ILLINOIS SOUTHEAST TO DAVIS JUNCTION. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS CLOUD TOPS CONTINUING TO COOL...BUT ONLY REACH 30 OR SO KFT. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...BUT CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED IN THE VICINITY OF ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT WHEN SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF MODERATE RIP CURRENTS MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE SOME FIRE WEATHER DANGER MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE HUMIDITY AND WIND MAY REACH RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT. CHECK OUT THE 7-DAY FORECAST AND ANIMATED DOPPLER RADAR BELOW UNDER "WEATHER INFORMATION". THANKS FOR VISITING JOLIETWEATHER.COM.