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Lockport Police Department
Wednesday May 25th, 2016 :: 05:09 p.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 05:45PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS... NORTH CENTRAL WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS... CENTRAL COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 506 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BOLINGBROOK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHICAGO...NAPERVILLE...CICERO...BOLINGBROOK...BERWYN...WHEATON...OAK PARK...DOWNERS GROVE...ELMHURST...LOMBARD...ROMEOVILLE...ADDISON...GLEN ELLYN...LOCKPORT...WESTMONT...MAYWOOD...LISLE...VILLA PARK...BROOKFIELD AND FRANKLIN PARK. INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES... I-55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 263 AND 287. I-88 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 140. I-94 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49 AND 50. I-290 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 29. I-294 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49 AND 50. I-355 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 29. THIS INCLUDES... ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY...BROOKFIELD ZOO...TOYOTA PARK...TRITON COLLEGE...BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY...COLLEGE OF DUPAGE... HAWTHORNE PARK...AND MORTON ARBORETUM. HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH

* AFFECTED AREAS: COOK ... DUPAGE ... WILL

Instructions:

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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:
Severe - Significant 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:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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