THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
EASTERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 918 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM CLINTON TO HAMPSHIRE TO SOMONAUK...AND MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
LITTLE ROCK AND HARVARD AROUND 930 PM CDT.
PLANO AND HUNTLEY AROUND 935 PM CDT.
WOODSTOCK AND SUGAR GROVE AROUND 940 PM CDT.
SLEEPY HOLLOW AND LAKEWOOD AROUND 945 PM CDT.
WONDER LAKE AND WEST DUNDEE AROUND 950 PM CDT.
WAYNE AND ST. CHARLES AROUND 955 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE UNION...PINGREE GROVE...
CRYSTAL LAKE...SOUTH ELGIN...FOX RIVER GROVE...CARY...BOULDER HILL...
BARRINGTON HILLS...LAKE BARRINGTON AND FOX RIVER VALLEY GARDENS.
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY...AURORA UNIVERSITY...BENEDICTINE
UNIVERSITY...BROOKFIELD ZOO...CHAIN O LAKES STATE PARK...COLLEGE OF
DUPAGE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4245 8779 4239 8780 4235 8782 4227 8782
4220 8779 4201 8765 4191 8762 4190 8760
4184 8760 4176 8754 4166 8822 4163 8881
4204 8869 4250 8891 4250 8780
TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 252DEG 28KT 4258 8879 4207 8855
4166 8867
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
