095  
WUUS53 KLOT 160101  
SVRLOT  
ILC031-197-160130-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.SV.W.0040.250516T0101Z-250516T0130Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
801 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
CENTRAL WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...  
SOUTHEASTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 801 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MANHATTAN, OR  
7 MILES SOUTH OF NEW LENOX, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.  
 
THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR NORTHEASTERN WILL AND SOUTHWESTERN  
COOK COUNTIES.  
 
HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT  
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT  
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES.  
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
FRANKFORT SQUARE, PALOS HEIGHTS, COUNTRY CLUB HILLS, PRESTON  
HEIGHTS, HOMEWOOD, OAK FOREST, MERRIONETTE PARK, ORLAND HILLS,  
POSEN, TINLEY PARK, ROBBINS, PALOS HILLS, ORLAND PARK, WORTH, NEW  
LENOX, CRESTWOOD, DIXMOOR, INGALLS PARK, ELWOOD, FLOSSMOOR, CHICAGO  
RIDGE, HAZEL CREST, ALSIP, MIDLOTHIAN, AND HOMER GLEN.  
 
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 NORTHEASTERN  
ILLINOIS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4134 8803 4136 8811 4143 8814 4163 8793  
4172 8782 4167 8766 4156 8762 4147 8779  
4147 8778  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 227DEG 55KT 4141 8802  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...80 MPH  
 

 
 
BORCHARDT  
 
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