166  
WWUS53 KLOT 311441  
SVSLOT  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
941 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2026  
 
ILC031-091-197-311530-  
/O.CON.KLOT.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-260331T1530Z/  
WILL IL-KANKAKEE IL-COOK IL-  
941 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT  
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILL...NORTHEASTERN KANKAKEE AND SOUTHEASTERN COOK  
COUNTIES...  
 
AT 940 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM COAL CITY TO  
SHOREWOOD TO JOLIET TO NEW LENOX, MOVING EAST AT 40 TO 60 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. THERE HAVE MEEN MULTIPLE REPORTS  
OF HAIL RANGING IN SIZE FROM QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE IN  
JOLIET WITH THESE STORMS.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO  
ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
ORLAND PARK, TINLEY PARK, CALUMET CITY, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, LANSING, OAK  
FOREST, HARVEY, BLUE ISLAND, DOLTON, PARK FOREST, HOMEWOOD, MATTESON,  
MOKENA, BOURBONNAIS, FRANKFORT, BRADLEY, STEGER, MANTENO, PEOTONE,  
MOMENCE, SOUTH HOLLAND, COUNTRY CLUB HILLS, MIDLOTHIAN, HAZEL CREST,  
AND RICHTON PARK.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4115 8753 4115 8790 4164 8791 4164 8753  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1440Z 266DEG 51KT 4133 8815  
 
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
BORCHARDT  
 
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