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Heavy Rain in the Mid-Atlantic; Severe Thunderstorms in the Northern Plains; Critical Fire in the West

Locally heavy rain and flash flooding will be possible today into tonight near the Mid-Atlantic/Carolina coast. Storms with large hail and severe wind gusts are expected across parts of the central and northern Plains into the upper Mississippi Valley. Dry thunderstorms, and warm, dry, and windy conditions will produce fire weather conditions in parts of the Great Basin and northern Rockies. Read More >

...NOAA Weather Radio Outage Today, June 16, 2025...

Due to a scheduled system upgrade at the National Weather Service
in Chicago/Romeoville, IL, the following NOAA Weather Radios will be
off the air today:

 - KWO-39 Chicago, IL
 - KZZ-81 Lockport, IL
 - KZZ-57 Rockford, IL
 - WNG-536 DeKalb, IL
 - KZZ-55 Dixon, IL
 - WNG-689 Hebron, IN
 - KXI-41 Crystal Lake, IL
 - KXI-58 Plano, IL
 - WXK-24 Odell, IL
 - KXI-86 Crescent City, IL
 - KZZ-58 Kankakee, IL

We hope to resume broadcast weather information by this evening,
June 16, 2025. 

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please
visit weather.gov/chicago, or tune to local media for updated
weather information during this outage.

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NWS Chicago