641  
WWUS53 KLOT 311442  
SVSLOT  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
942 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2026  
 
ILC063-091-093-197-311530-  
/O.CON.KLOT.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-260331T1530Z/  
KENDALL IL-WILL IL-GRUNDY IL-KANKAKEE IL-  
942 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT  
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENDALL...WESTERN WILL...EASTERN GRUNDY AND  
NORTHWESTERN KANKAKEE COUNTIES...  
 
AT 942 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 BEEN MULTIPLE REPORTS  
OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL WITH THESE STORMS.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO  
ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
JOLIET, ORLAND PARK, ROMEOVILLE, PLAINFIELD, LOCKPORT, NEW LENOX,  
HOMER GLEN, MOKENA, BOURBONNAIS, CHANNAHON, MINOOKA, BRAIDWOOD,  
WILMINGTON, COAL CITY, CREST HILL, SHOREWOOD, MANHATTAN, INGALLS  
PARK, DIAMOND, ELWOOD, GARDNER, LAKEWOOD SHORES, BRACEVILLE, PRESTON  
HEIGHTS, AND FAIRMONT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4116 8834 4157 8838 4164 8803 4164 8791  
4115 8790 4111 8824  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1442Z 261DEG 43KT 4138 8827  
 
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
BORCHARDT  
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