697
WWUS53 KLOT 180240
SVSLOT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
940 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-
940 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN KENDALL...WESTERN WILL...GRUNDY...SOUTHEASTERN KANE AND
DUPAGE COUNTIES...
AT 940 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR INVERNESS TO ADDISON TO DOWNERS GROVE TO NEAR
WILMINGTON, MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
JOLIET, DOWNERS GROVE, ELMHURST, ADDISON, ELK GROVE VILLAGE,
WOODRIDGE, LOCKPORT, NEW LENOX, HOMER GLEN, AND 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 8848 4172 8842 4174 8841
4175 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 270DEG 45KT 4212 8814 4191 8802 4177 8801 4136
8818
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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