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WWUS53 KLOT 180132
SVSLOT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
832 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
ILC031-097-180230-
/O.CON.KLOT.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-260418T0230Z/
LAKE IL-COOK IL-
832 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR LAKE AND NORTHWESTERN COOK COUNTIES...
AT 832 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WADSWORTH TO PORT BARRINGTON TO NEAR HAMPSHIRE,
MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
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.
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 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 0132Z 267DEG 40KT 4248 8792 4225 8818 4203 8859
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
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