LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
158 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011
LAKE IL-COOK-
158 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011
…LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM
CDT THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A LAKESHORE
FLOOD WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM
CDT THURSDAY.
* WAVES…WAVES WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 16 FEET WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON…BUILDING FURTHER TO 17 TO 22 FEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
WAVES WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO LESS THAN 15 FEET BY LATE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS…LARGE AND BATTERING WAVES WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF
AREAS NEAR THE LAKE…LIKELY WORSE THAN WHAT WAS SEEN WITH THE
LATE SEPTEMBER STORM A FEW WEEKS AGO. WAVES COULD RESULT IN
FLOODING ALONG THE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE PORTIONS OF LAKE SHORE DRIVE
IN CHICAGO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT ALONG THE LAKE. RESIDENTS ON OR NEAR THE SHORE IN THE
WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER…AND TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
A High Wind Watch has also been issued for the area Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning.
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