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WWUS53 KLOT 170743
SVSLOT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
243 AM CDT SUN AUG 17 2025
ILC031-043-170815-
/O.CON.KLOT.SV.W.0115.000000T0000Z-250817T0815Z/
DUPAGE IL-COOK IL-
243 AM CDT SUN AUG 17 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL DUPAGE AND EAST CENTRAL COOK COUNTIES...
AT 242 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM HUMBOLDT PARK TO MIDWAY AIRPORT TO SUMMIT TO BURR
RIDGE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. AT 226 AM CDT, O'HARE AIRPORT REPORTED A
WIND GUST TO 55 MPH.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELMONT CRAGIN, WESTCHESTER, DUNNING, WEST TOWN, CHICAGO LAWN,
ENGLEWOOD, OAK LAWN, MERRIONETTE PARK, BELLWOOD, BERKELEY, SUMMIT,
AUSTIN, WEST GARFIELD PARK, HILLSIDE, NEAR NORTH SIDE, OAKBROOK
TERRACE, NORTHLAKE, STICKNEY, YORK CENTER, LOGAN SQUARE, WESTMONT,
LOWER WEST SIDE, AVALON PARK, GRAND BOULEVARD, AND SOUTH DEERING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4162 8765 4180 8802 4187 8813 4190 8814
4194 8790 4196 8764 4190 8762 4189 8761
4188 8762 4187 8761 4183 8760 4178 8757
4178 8756 4176 8756 4176 8754 4174 8753
4174 8754 4161 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 0742Z 310DEG 38KT 4189 8773 4180 8776 4179 8780 4176
8793
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
RC
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