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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
1059 AM CDT TUE AUG 11 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PORTER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
EAST CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT.
* AT 1059 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 100
MPH WERE LOCATED OVER ST. JOHN, OR OVER SCHERERVILLE, MOVING EAST
AT 70 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH.
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, LAKES OF THE FOUR SEASONS, AND WINFIELD AROUND 1105
AM CDT.
VALPARAISO AROUND 1115 AM CDT.
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 4122 8697 4127 8706 4129 8712 4127 8719
4124 8722 4162 8723 4163 8716 4165 8715
4165 8710 4171 8693 4124 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 1559Z 275DEG 59KT 4146 8746
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
BORCHARDT
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