478  
WUUS53 KLOT 181513  
SVRLOT  
ILC063-093-197-181600-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.SV.W.0110.260518T1513Z-260518T1600Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
1013 AM CDT MON MAY 18 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
EASTERN KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...  
WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...  
NORTHEASTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.  
 
* AT 1012 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWARK TO BRAIDWOOD, MOVING  
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
AURORA, JOLIET, NAPERVILLE, BOLINGBROOK, ORLAND PARK, TINLEY PARK,  
ROMEOVILLE, PLAINFIELD, WOODRIDGE, OSWEGO, LOCKPORT, NEW LENOX,  
HOMER GLEN, MOKENA, FRANKFORT, MORRIS, CHANNAHON, MINOOKA,  
BRAIDWOOD, WILMINGTON, COAL CITY, CREST HILL, SHOREWOOD, FRANKFORT  
SQUARE, AND MANHATTAN.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4120 8820 4120 8824 4118 8825 4146 8853  
4172 8828 4173 8803 4164 8803 4164 8792  
4156 8791 4156 8781 4145 8779  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1512Z 238DEG 47KT 4149 8845 4125 8820  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
KLUBER  
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