240
WWUS53 KLOT 160259
SVSLOT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
959 PM CDT WED APR 15 2026
ILC043-089-093-197-160345-
/O.CON.KLOT.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-260416T0345Z/
KENDALL IL-WILL IL-KANE IL-DUPAGE IL-
959 PM CDT WED APR 15 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KENDALL...NORTHWESTERN WILL...SOUTHEASTERN KANE AND
DUPAGE COUNTIES...
AT 959 PM CDT, A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WEST
CHICAGO TO AURORA, AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THIS SEGMENT OF THE LINE OF STORMS
HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AURORA, JOLIET, NAPERVILLE, BOLINGBROOK, WHEATON, DOWNERS GROVE,
ELMHURST, LOMBARD, BARTLETT, CAROL STREAM, ROMEOVILLE, PLAINFIELD,
HANOVER PARK, GLENDALE HEIGHTS, ST. CHARLES, WOODRIDGE, OSWEGO, GLEN
ELLYN, WEST CHICAGO, BATAVIA, GENEVA, HINSDALE, LEMONT, BURR RIDGE,
AND OAK BROOK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 4199 8825 4187 8792 4172 8792 4169 8796
4169 8803 4164 8803 4157 8813 4174 8844
4186 8842 4197 8833
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 287DEG 32KT 4182 8826
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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