SMWLOT The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a * Special Marine Warning for. Nearshore Waters from Wilmette Harbor to Calumet Harbor. Nearshore Waters from Calumet Harbor to Michigan City. Open Waters from Wilmette Harbor to Michigan City out to Mid Lake. * Until 400 AM CDT. * At 158 AM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Ohare Airport to 10 nm southwest of Hammond Marina, moving northeast at 25 knots. HAZARD. Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE. Radar. IMPACT. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include. Harrison-Dever Crib, 31st Street Harbor, Monroe Harbor, Burns Harbor, Calumet Harbor, Indiana Harbor, Montrose Harbor, Burnham Harbor, Hammond Marina, Jackson Park Harbor, Belmont Harbor, and Marina Shores at Dune Harbor.

For the following areas. Nearshore Waters from Calumet Harbor to Michigan City. Open Waters from Wilmette Harbor to Michigan City out to Mid Lake. At 249 AM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 19 nm east of Harrison-Dever Crib to near Marina Shores at Dune Harbor, moving northeast at 45 knots. HAZARD. Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE. Radar indicated. IMPACT. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. Locations impacted include. Burns Harbor and Marina Shores at Dune Harbor.

The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan WI has issued a Flood Watch for the following rivers in Illinois. Wisconsin. Fox River Lower Near New Munster affecting Lake and Kenosha Counties. * WHAT. Flooding is possible. * WHERE. Fox River Lower near New Munster. * WHEN. From Thursday morning to early Sunday morning. * IMPACTS. At 11.0 feet, Floodwaters begin to affect 77th St. in the Town of Wheatland. Floodwaters are near some homes along Riverside Dr, Shorewood Dr, and Highway W in the Village of Salem Lakes and Town of Wheatland areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS. - At 2:00 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 8.2 feet. - Forecast. Flood stage may be reached late tomorrow morning. - Flood stage is 11.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

* WHAT. Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE. A portion of northwest Indiana, including the following counties, Lake IN and Porter. * WHEN. Until 500 AM CDT. * IMPACTS. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS. - At 203 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Up to 1 inch of rain has fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts up to 2 inches are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include. Hammond, Gary, Portage, Merrillville, Valparaiso, East Chicago, Schererville, Hobart, Crown Point, Highland, Munster, Chesterton, Cedar Lake, Lowell, Hebron, Griffith, Dyer, St. John, Lake Station and Lakes of the Four Seasons. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

* WHAT. Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE. Portions of central, north central, and northeast Illinois, including the following counties, in central Illinois, Livingston. In north central Illinois, De Kalb and La Salle. In northeast Illinois, Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall and Will. * WHEN. Until 500 AM CDT. * IMPACTS. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS. - At 100 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Up to 2 inches of rain has already fallen in portions of the area. - Additional rainfall amounts up to 2 inches are expected over portions of the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include. Chicago, Aurora, Joliet, Naperville, Elgin, Cicero, Hammond, Arlington Heights, Evanston, Schaumburg, Bolingbrook, Palatine, Skokie, Des Plaines, Orland Park, Tinley Park, Oak Lawn, Berwyn, Mount Prospect and Wheaton. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood