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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
838 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026
ILC031-043-197-030200-
/O.CON.KLOT.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-260403T0200Z/
WILL IL-DUPAGE IL-COOK IL-
838 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WILL...SOUTHEASTERN DUPAGE AND EASTERN COOK
COUNTIES...
AT 837 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF KENILWORTH TO OAK LAWN, MOVING
EAST AT 65 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...
CHICAGO, JOLIET, CICERO, HAMMOND, EVANSTON, BOLINGBROOK, ORLAND PARK,
TINLEY PARK, OAK LAWN, BERWYN, OAK PARK, DOWNERS GROVE, ROMEOVILLE,
PLAINFIELD, CALUMET CITY, WOODRIDGE, WEST TOWN, CHICAGO LAWN,
ENGLEWOOD, AUSTIN, SOUTH SHORE, ROSELAND, WEST RIDGE, LINCOLN PARK,
AND BRIDGEPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
ILLINOIS.
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.
LAT...LON 4203 8767 4198 8765 4196 8763 4196 8764
4190 8761 4190 8760 4188 8762 4183 8760
4176 8756 4174 8753 4160 8752 4147 8825
4155 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 270DEG 55KT 4220 8747 4172 8773
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
DOOM
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