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WWUS53 KLOT 092040
SVSLOT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
340 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2026
ILC031-197-INC089-127-092130-
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WILL IL-COOK IL-PORTER IN-LAKE IN-
340 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL WILL...SOUTHEASTERN COOK...PORTER AND CENTRAL LAKE
COUNTIES...
AT 340 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM LAKE STATION TO NEAR WINFIELD TO NEAR CRETE, MOVING
EAST AT 50 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, STEGER, GRIFFITH, DYER, ST. JOHN, LAKE STATION, SAUK
VILLAGE, LYNWOOD, CRETE, LAKES OF THE FOUR SEASONS, SOUTH HAVEN,
PORTER, AND WINFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4141 8766 4164 8743 4164 8739 4162 8729
4163 8716 4165 8715 4165 8712 4170 8697
4170 8693 4132 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 290DEG 43KT 4159 8723 4143 8729 4144 8758
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
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