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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
923 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT.
* AT 922 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM GILBERTS TO WEST CHICAGO TO NEAR NAPERVILLE TO
MAZON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
SCHAUMBURG, HOFFMAN ESTATES, BARTLETT, STREAMWOOD, HANOVER PARK,
ROSELLE, INVERNESS, AND BARRINGTON HILLS AROUND 930 PM CDT.
PALATINE, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, WOODRIDGE, LEMONT, BARRINGTON,
ROLLING MEADOWS, WOOD DALE, AND ITASCA AROUND 935 PM CDT.
CHICAGO, JOLIET, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, DES PLAINES, MOUNT PROSPECT,
BUFFALO GROVE, OHARE AIRPORT, MELROSE PARK, LOCKPORT, AND NEW
LENOX AROUND 940 PM CDT.
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 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
ILLINOIS...AND NORTHWESTERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4208 8768 4189 8761 4189 8760 4183 8760
4173 8752 4130 8753 4130 8793 4163 8803
4173 8803 4169 8802 4169 8796 4172 8791
4199 8792 4199 8819 4215 8822 4215 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 246DEG 40KT 4209 8836 4187 8824 4176 8821 4125
8845
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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