435  
WFUS53 KLOT 180136  
TORLOT  
ILC097-111-180215-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.TO.W.0023.260418T0136Z-260418T0215Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
836 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...  
SOUTHEASTERN MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 836 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO  
WAS LOCATED OVER CARY, OR NEAR LAKE IN THE HILLS, MOVING NORTHEAST  
AT 60 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...TORNADO.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.  
 
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT  
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.  
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE  
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.  
 
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...  
LAKE ZURICH, WAUCONDA, ISLAND LAKE, CARY, HAWTHORN WOODS, LAKE  
BARRINGTON, FOX RIVER GROVE, BARRINGTON HILLS, OAKWOOD HILLS, AND  
PRAIRIE GROVE AROUND 840 PM CDT.  
MUNDELEIN, GRAYSLAKE, LIBERTYVILLE, ROUND LAKE, LONG GROVE, ROUND  
LAKE PARK, KILDEER, AND FOREST LAKE AROUND 845 PM CDT.  
WAUKEGAN, GURNEE, VERNON HILLS, AND GREEN OAKS AROUND 850 PM CDT.  
NORTH CHICAGO, LAKE FOREST, AND LAKE BLUFF AROUND 855 PM CDT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST  
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A  
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER  
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4233 8783 4231 8782 4230 8783 4227 8783  
4221 8780 4217 8821 4217 8831 4222 8833  
4235 8820  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 247DEG 51KT 4221 8826  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
 
 
 
YACK  
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