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Grundy County IL Emergency Management Agency
Sunday August 28th, 2016 :: 01:51 p.m. CDT

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GRUNDY COUNTY UNTIL 2:30PM TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE NOW

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
145 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN KANKAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 144 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BRACEVILLE TO NEAR DWIGHT TO NEAR ODELL...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DWIGHT...BRAIDWOOD...COAL CITY...DIAMOND...GARDNER...ODELL...
MAZON...BRACEVILLE...LAKEWOOD SHORES...ESSEX...SOUTH WILMINGTON...
GODLEY...BUCKINGHAM...CABERY...CAMPUS...REDDICK...EMINGTON...
EAST BROOKLYN AND UNION HILL.

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...
I-55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 203 AND 234.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

Instructions:

TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE NOW

Address/Location
Grundy County IL Emergency Management Agency
1320 Union St
Morris, IL 60450

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 815-941-3212

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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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