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TORLOT
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
1031 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEAST WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.
* AT 1031 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STEGER TO NEAR ST. JOHN, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 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.
* THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MERRILLVILLE, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, SCHERERVILLE, CROWN POINT, MUNSTER,
STEGER, DYER, ST. JOHN, SAUK VILLAGE, AND LYNWOOD AROUND 1035 PM
CDT.
HAMMOND, GARY, HOBART, HIGHLAND, AND GRIFFITH AROUND 1040 PM CDT.
LAKE STATION AROUND 1045 PM CDT.
PORTAGE AND NEW CHICAGO AROUND 1050 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE TORNADIC STORMS INCLUDE SOUTH
CHICAGO HEIGHTS.
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 4138 8756 4145 8768 4163 8738 4162 8732
4162 8722 4145 8722
TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 243DEG 46KT 4145 8764 4139 8754
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
IZZI
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