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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
917 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-
917 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 917 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR PINGREE GROVE TO NORTH AURORA TO OSWEGO TO NEAR
MAZON, 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, JOLIET, NAPERVILLE, ELGIN, BOLINGBROOK, BARTLETT,
PLAINFIELD, ST. CHARLES, OSWEGO, AND WEST CHICAGO AROUND 920 PM
CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
WHEATON, CAROL STREAM, ROMEOVILLE, HANOVER PARK, COAL CITY, LISLE,
CREST HILL, WINFIELD, WEST DUNDEE, SLEEPY HOLLOW, DOWNERS GROVE,
LOMBARD, GLENDALE HEIGHTS, WOODRIDGE, GLEN ELLYN, LOCKPORT,
BRAIDWOOD, ROSELLE, DARIEN, BLOOMINGDALE, ADDISON, NEW LENOX, HOMER
GLEN, HINSDALE, LEMONT, BURR RIDGE, OAK BROOK, WESTMONT, VILLA PARK,
ITASCA, ELMHURST, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, BENSENVILLE, WOOD DALE,
NORTHLAKE, HILLSIDE, WILLOW SPRINGS AND MOKENA.
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 0217Z 264DEG 40KT 4203 8845 4182 8833 4168 8832 4127
8849
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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