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Lockport Police Department
Friday September 18th, 2015 :: 04:45 p.m. CDT

Alert

Tornado Warning until 05:15PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS... CENTRAL WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 443 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MONEE...OR NEAR FRANKFORT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... RICHTON PARK AND MONEE AROUND 500 PM CDT. UNIVERSITY PARK AROUND 505 PM CDT. MATTESON AND OLYMPIA FIELDS AROUND 510 PM CDT. PARK FOREST AND FLOSSMOOR AROUND 515 PM CDT. THIS INCLUDES... GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY. INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE... I-57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 332 AND 341. TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...0.00IN

* AFFECTED AREAS: COOK ... WILL

Instructions:

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

Address/Location
Lockport Police Department
1212 Farrell Rd
Lockport, IL 60441

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 815-838-2132

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Alert Details

Severity:
Extreme - Extraordinary threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Tornado Warning

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