833  
WUUS53 KLOT 160113  
SVRLOT  
INC089-127-160215-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.SV.W.0041.250516T0113Z-250516T0215Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
813 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
PORTER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...  
LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...  
 
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 812 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CRETE, OR  
OVER STEGER, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 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...  
DYER, LAKE STATION, CHESTERTON, CEDAR LAKE, WINFIELD, VALPARAISO,  
TOWN OF PINES, LAKE DALECARLIA, BEVERLY SHORES, MERRILLVILLE,  
HOBART, HEBRON, EAST CHICAGO, PORTER, DUNE ACRES, WHEELER, LAKES OF  
THE FOUR SEASONS, MUNSTER, HIGHLAND, GARY, BOONE GROVE, NEW  
CHICAGO, PORTAGE, SOUTH HAVEN, AND ST. JOHN.  
 
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 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN  
INDIANA.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4121 8752 4170 8752 4167 8748 4168 8743  
4164 8743 4162 8728 4163 8716 4165 8715  
4165 8710 4171 8693 4140 8693  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 242DEG 63KT 4146 8761  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
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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