> 866
> WWUS35 KCHI 201653
> SPSCHI
> ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032>033-039-INZ001>002-010>011-019-
> 211100-
>
> SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
> 1200 PM CDT/EST THU APR 20 2000
>
> FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA
>
> A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS FOR NORTHWEST INDIANA EARLY THIS
> AFTERNOON...AND FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND ALL OF
> NORTHWEST INDIANA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
>
> A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST
> INDIANA. IN THE WFO CHICAGO AREA...THIS INCLUDES
> LAKE...PORTER...NEWTON...BENTON...AND JASPER COUNTIES.
>
> A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EXTREME WESTERN ILLINOIS WILL CONTINUE TO
> MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. A WARM FRONT EXTENDS
> EAST FROM THE SURFACE LOW ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE COMBINATION OF
> DIVERGENCE AT THE JET STREAM LEVEL...LIFT AHEAD OF THE UPPER
> WAVE...AND WARM MOIST AIR BEING LIFTED OVER THE FRONT IS RESULTING IN
> ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA
> AT THE NOON HOUR. AS THE LOW COMES ACROSS ILLINOIS THIS
> AFTERNOON...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE DISPLACED EASTWARD
> FROM THIS MORNING. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS OUTLOOKED A SLIGHT
> RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
> ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY
> SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...AND TO THE EAST OF INTERSTATE 55.
>
> MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE
> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR UPDATES TODAY.
>
>
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