There are currently no active warnings or advisories for Kankakee, Greater Kankakee Airport, .

Hazardous Weather Outlook

459 AM CDT MON MAY 28 2012 /559 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW MAY BE SEVERE WITH:
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS.

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN.

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST
STARTING THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WITH THE
THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER
OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY THIS EVENING AND INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA
LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

DISCUSSION:

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE
THIS AFTERNOON...SWEEPING ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND POSSIBLY INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. THE AIR MASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL GROW HOT AND RATHER
UNSTABLE...WHICH COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL CREATE A
FAVORABLE SET UP FOR ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP TO BECOME
SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS...RELATIVELY LOW HUMIDITY
VALUES...AND THE ONGOING DRY WEATHER WILL RESULT IN A HEIGHTENED
FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA
AS WELL AS SOUTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS.

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

ASSUMING WIDESPREAD RAIN DOES NOT OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...THEN STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND THE
ONGOING ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN A VERY HIGH
FIRE DANGER TUESDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATES
88 AND 290 IN ILLINOIS AND ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING.

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

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