...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 656 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO EAST
DUNDEE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF
MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INVERNESS... LONG GROVE... VERNON HILLS...
KILDEER... NORTH CHICAGO... GREEN OAKS...
FOREST LAKE... BARRINGTON... LAKE ZURICH...
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED...
COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY...GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING CENTER...HARPER
COLLEGE...LAKE COUNTY IL FAIRGROUNDS...LAKE FOREST COLLEGE...LOYOLA
UNIVERSITY AND NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AND
POOR VISIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE
STORMS HAVE PASSED.
LAT...LON 4249 8779 4245 8779 4239 8780 4235 8782
4231 8781 4227 8782 4214 8774 4208 8767
4197 8764 4196 8763 4195 8763 4211 8853
4250 8786 4250 8780
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 292DEG 37KT 4244 8764 4204 8819
