...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 151 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ROUND LAKE PARK AND
HIGHLAND PARK TO BOLINGBROOK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
CITIES AND TOWNS AFFECTED...
HODGKINS... BROOKFIELD... MAYWOOD...
GLENVIEW... HIGHLAND PARK... LA GRANGE...
COUNTRYSIDE... PARK RIDGE... MELROSE PARK...
THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY...BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY...BROOKFIELD
ZOO...CHAIN O LAKES STATE PARK...COLLEGE OF DUPAGE...COLLEGE OF LAKE
COUNTY...DOWNTOWN CHICAGO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS 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.
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LAT...LON 4249 8779 4227 8782 4214 8774 4208 8767
4190 8760 4184 8760 4175 8752 4147 8751
4172 8826 4198 8826 4250 8820
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 242DEG 15KT 4221 8779 4176 8786
