655  
WWUS53 KLOT 160047  
SVSLOT  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
747 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2025  
 
ILC063-091-105-197-160145-  
/O.CON.KLOT.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-250516T0145Z/  
LIVINGSTON IL-WILL IL-GRUNDY IL-KANKAKEE IL-  
747 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2025  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT  
FOR NORTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON...SOUTHWESTERN WILL...EASTERN GRUNDY AND  
NORTHWESTERN KANKAKEE COUNTIES...  
 
AT 747 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GARDNER, OR  
NEAR DWIGHT, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE  
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES,  
ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
COAL CITY, MINOOKA, SYMERTON, DIAMOND, LAKEWOOD SHORES, CHANNAHON,  
BRACEVILLE, SOUTH WILMINGTON, BRAIDWOOD, REDDICK, GODLEY, EAST  
BROOKLYN, GARDNER, DWIGHT, ESSEX, ELWOOD, WILMINGTON, CARBON HILL,  
AND MANHATTAN.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND  
NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4094 8850 4111 8849 4146 8826 4146 8800  
4121 8801  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 225DEG 38KT 4117 8838  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 
 
 
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