Full Notification

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS... NORTHERN KANKAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 612 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF YORKVILLE TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KANKAKEE... MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THE MOST CONCENTRATED AREA OF STRONGER WINDS IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST CHICAGO METRO AREA...INCLUDING JOLIET. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AURORA...JOLIET...NAPERVILLE...BOLINGBROOK...ORLAND PARK...TINLEY PARK... ROMEOVILLE...PLAINFIELD...CHICAGO HEIGHTS...LANSING...KANKAKEE... LOCKPORT...NEW LENOX...HOMER GLEN...MUNSTER...PARK FOREST...MATTESON... MOKENA...BOURBONNAIS AND FRANKFORT. INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES... I-55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 233 AND 269. I-57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 312 AND 348. I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 123 AND 155. I-355 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 11...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 14. THIS INCLUDES... UNIVERSITY OF ST. FRANCIS...CHANNAHON STATE PARK... CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY ROUTE 66 RACEWAY...FIRST MIDWEST BANK AMPHITHEATRE...GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY...JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE... JOLIET SLAMMERS BASEBALL...KANKAKEE RIVER STATE PARK...LEWIS UNIVERSITY...OLIVET NAZARINE UNIVERSITY...PRAIRIE STATE COLLEGE...AND WILL COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. HAIL...1.00IN WIND...60MPH

* AFFECTED AREAS: COOK ... KANKAKEE ... WILL

Instructions:

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CHICAGO . TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.