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
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