156  
WWUS53 KLOT 180203  
SVSLOT  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
903 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026  
 
ILC043-063-089-093-197-180300-  
/O.CON.KLOT.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-260418T0300Z/  
KENDALL IL-WILL IL-GRUNDY IL-KANE IL-DUPAGE IL-  
903 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT  
FOR KENDALL...WESTERN WILL...GRUNDY...KANE AND DUPAGE COUNTIES...  
 
AT 903 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SYCAMORE TO NEAR SUGAR GROVE TO NEAR YORKVILLE TO  
NEAR SENECA, 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.  
 
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
AURORA, ST. CHARLES, OSWEGO, BATAVIA, GENEVA, YORKVILLE, MORRIS,  
CAMPTON HILLS, MONTGOMERY, AND NORTH AURORA AROUND 910 PM CDT.  
JOLIET, NAPERVILLE, ELGIN, PLAINFIELD, SOUTH ELGIN, WAYNE, VALLEY  
VIEW, AND MAZON AROUND 915 PM CDT.  
BOLINGBROOK, BARTLETT, WEST CHICAGO, CHANNAHON, MINOOKA, COAL  
CITY, SHOREWOOD, WARRENVILLE, WEST DUNDEE, AND SLEEPY HOLLOW  
AROUND 920 PM CDT.  
WHEATON, CAROL STREAM, ROMEOVILLE, HANOVER PARK, WOODRIDGE, LISLE,  
BLOOMINGDALE, CREST HILL, WINFIELD, AND EAST DUNDEE AROUND 925 PM  
CDT.  
DOWNERS GROVE, LOMBARD, ADDISON, GLENDALE HEIGHTS, GLEN ELLYN,  
LOCKPORT, ROSELLE, AND DARIEN AROUND 930 PM CDT.  
ELMHURST, HOMER GLEN, HINSDALE, LEMONT, BURR RIDGE, OAK BROOK,  
WESTMONT, VILLA PARK, WOOD DALE, AND ITASCA AROUND 935 PM CDT.  
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, NEW LENOX, BENSENVILLE, NORTHLAKE, HILLSIDE,  
AND WILLOW SPRINGS AROUND 940 PM CDT.  
MOKENA AROUND 945 PM CDT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND  
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 4199 8826 4199 8795 4196 8792 4172 8791  
4169 8796 4169 8803 4164 8803 4164 8791  
4153 8792 4148 8795 4146 8827 4146 8825  
4111 8824 4111 8858 4200 8860 4202 8859  
4210 8824  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 247DEG 41KT 4197 8864 4176 8852 4165 8849 4123  
8864  
 
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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