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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
101 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN KANKAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
PORTER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT.
* AT 101 PM CDT, A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CRETE,
OR NEAR STEGER, MOVING SOUTHEAST 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAMMOND, GARY, PORTAGE, MERRILLVILLE, VALPARAISO, EAST CHICAGO,
SCHERERVILLE, HOBART, CROWN POINT, HIGHLAND, MUNSTER, CHESTERTON,
CEDAR LAKE, LOWELL, MANTENO, DEMOTTE, HEBRON, MOMENCE, WHEATFIELD,
LAKE VILLAGE, GRIFFITH, DYER, ST. JOHN, LAKE STATION, AND LAKES OF
THE FOUR SEASONS.
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.
LAT...LON 4101 8747 4101 8769 4129 8788 4130 8753
4170 8752 4167 8747 4168 8742 4165 8744
4164 8742 4162 8728 4163 8716 4165 8715
4165 8710 4171 8693 4108 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 315DEG 40KT 4141 8759
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
BORCHARDT
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