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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
818 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT.
* AT 818 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM PADDOCK LAKE TO CRYSTAL LAKE TO NEAR GENOA, MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELGIN, WAUKEGAN, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, EVANSTON, SCHAUMBURG, PALATINE,
SKOKIE, DES PLAINES, MOUNT PROSPECT, HOFFMAN ESTATES, GLENVIEW,
BUFFALO GROVE, BARTLETT, STREAMWOOD, HANOVER PARK, WHEELING, PARK
RIDGE, NORTHBROOK, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, NORTH CHICAGO, GURNEE,
MUNDELEIN, NILES, HIGHLAND PARK, AND ROUND LAKE BEACH.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
ILLINOIS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 4249 8780 4238 8781 4236 8783 4227 8783
4213 8774 4206 8767 4203 8767 4201 8794
4199 8794 4199 8826 4207 8826 4207 8824
4215 8824 4216 8820 4250 8820
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 269DEG 22KT 4255 8810 4224 8834 4204 8867
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
YACK
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