745  
WWUS53 KLOT 030432  
SVSLOT  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
1132 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026  
 
ILC031-091-197-030500-  
/O.CON.KLOT.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-260403T0500Z/  
WILL IL-KANKAKEE IL-COOK IL-  
1132 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT  
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILL...NORTHEASTERN KANKAKEE AND SOUTHEASTERN COOK  
COUNTIES...  
 
AT 1131 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM LYNWOOD TO UNIVERSITY PARK TO PEOTONE TO 7 MILES EAST  
OF LAKEWOOD SHORES, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
CHICAGO HEIGHTS, LANSING, PARK FOREST, STEGER, MANTENO, PEOTONE,  
SAUK VILLAGE, LYNWOOD, GLENWOOD, AND CRETE AROUND 1135 PM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE EAST  
HAZEL CREST, BURNHAM, SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, WILTON CENTER, AND  
HEGEWISCH.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4127 8757 4124 8808 4130 8809 4138 8790  
4165 8756 4165 8753 4129 8753  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 253DEG 36KT 4152 8756 4143 8768 4136 8781 4126  
8799  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
PETR  
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