SMWLOT The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a * Special Marine Warning for. Nearshore Waters from Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor. Open Waters from Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor out to Mid Lake. * Until 345 PM CDT. * At 216 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 nm northeast of Elgin, or 15 nm southwest of Waukegan Harbor, moving northeast at 40 knots. HAZARD. Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and large hail. SOURCE. Radar. IMPACT. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. Large hail could result in structural damage. * Locations impacted include. Winthrop Harbor and Waukegan Harbor.

For the following areas. Nearshore Waters from Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor. Open Waters from Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor out to Mid Lake. At 244 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Winthrop Harbor to near Waukegan Harbor to 9 nm northwest of Wilmette Harbor, moving northeast at 35 knots. HAZARD. Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and large hail. SOURCE. Radar indicated. IMPACT. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. Large hail could result in structural damage. Locations impacted include. Winthrop Harbor and Waukegan Harbor.

Scattered thunderstorms will produce wind gusts to 30 knots and small hail this afternoon. Away from the thunderstorms, periodic southwesterly wind gusts around 30 knots are expected through 5 PM CDT.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 267 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL