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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
1001 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
PORTER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
JASPER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT/1215 AM EDT/.
* AT 1000 PM CDT/1100 PM EDT/, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR WILMINGTON TO NEAR CLIFTON TO NEAR
CISSNA PARK, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAMMOND, GARY, PORTAGE, MERRILLVILLE, VALPARAISO, EAST CHICAGO,
SCHERERVILLE, HOBART, CROWN POINT, HIGHLAND, MUNSTER, CHESTERTON,
CEDAR LAKE, LOWELL, RENSSELAER, DEMOTTE, HEBRON, FOWLER, KENTLAND,
OTTERBEIN, REMINGTON, MOROCCO, WHEATFIELD, LAKE VILLAGE, AND
GRIFFITH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT/MIDNIGHT EDT/ FOR
EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHWESTERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4091 8699 4084 8699 4084 8710 4048 8709
4048 8753 4171 8752 4167 8747 4168 8743
4164 8743 4162 8728 4163 8716 4171 8693
4091 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 229DEG 58KT 4132 8810 4093 8802 4060 8793
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
CARLAW
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