096  
WFUS53 KLOT 111536  
TORLOT  
ILC031-197-111615-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.TO.W.0073.260811T1536Z-260811T1615Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
1036 AM CDT TUE AUG 11 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
CENTRAL WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...  
SOUTHEASTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT.  
 
* AT 1036 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH  
TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WERE LOCATED OVER  
LOCKPORT, MOVING EAST 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...  
ORLAND PARK AND HOMER GLEN AROUND 1040 AM CDT.  
TINLEY PARK, MOKENA, AND FRANKFORT AROUND 1045 AM CDT.  
OAK FOREST, MATTESON, COUNTRY CLUB HILLS, AND FRANKFORT SQUARE  
AROUND 1050 AM CDT.  
CHICAGO HEIGHTS, PARK FOREST, HOMEWOOD, HAZEL CREST, RICHTON PARK,  
MARKHAM, FLOSSMOOR, GLENWOOD, AND OLYMPIA FIELDS AROUND 1055 AM  
CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE  
LANSING, HARVEY, STEGER, SAUK VILLAGE, LYNWOOD, FORD HEIGHTS AND  
THORNTON.  
 
OEMC ZONES...TORNADO WARNING.  
8...9...10...11...AND 12.  
 
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.  
 
THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND  
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE  
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST  
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4147 8753 4147 8778 4149 8791 4172 8792  
4172 8791 4178 8791 4176 8754 4175 8754  
4175 8753 4174 8754 4174 8752 4173 8752  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1536Z 283DEG 48KT 4160 8808  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
 
 
 
BORCHARDT  
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