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WUUS53 KLOT 160045  
SVRLOT  
ILC053-063-091-105-197-160145-  
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
745 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...  
SOUTHEASTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...  
KANKAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...  
NORTH CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 744 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SAUNEMIN, OR  
9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DWIGHT, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS LARGEST HAIL IS  
EXPECTD OVER WESTERN KANKAKEE AND SOUTHERN WILL COUNTIES.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL  
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXPECT  
CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO  
MOBILE HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
KANKAKEE, LIMESTONE, CULLOM, CABERY, CHANNAHON, KEMPTON, ODELL,  
DWIGHT, ELWOOD, WILMINGTON, BONFIELD, UNION HILL, CAMPUS, COAL  
CITY, MANTENO, SYMERTON, LAKEWOOD SHORES, AROMA PARK, GODLEY,  
UNIVERSITY PARK, GARDNER, MANHATTAN, BUCKINGHAM, CRETE, AND  
BRADLEY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL,  
NORTHEASTERN AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4078 8835 4094 8857 4146 8825 4147 8753  
4122 8753 4100 8794 4100 8813 4092 8813  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 228DEG 58KT 4097 8835  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 
 
 
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