Full Notification

At 139 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Crete, or near Steger, moving northeast at 50 mph. 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... Hammond, Gary, Calumet City, Portage, Merrillville, Chicago Heights, East Chicago, Schererville, Hobart, Lansing, Crown Point, Highland, Munster, Griffith, St. John, Lake Station, Cedar Lake, Steger, Glenwood and Whiting.

* AFFECTED AREAS: LAKE, IN ... COOK, IL ... WILL, IL

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.