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WWUS53 KLOT 111609
SVSLOT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
1109 AM CDT TUE AUG 11 2026
ILC091-197-INC089-111-111645-
/O.CON.KLOT.SV.W.0244.000000T0000Z-260811T1645Z/
WILL IL-KANKAKEE IL-NEWTON IN-LAKE IN-
1109 AM CDT TUE AUG 11 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILL...NORTHEASTERN KANKAKEE...NORTHERN NEWTON AND
LAKE COUNTIES...
AT 1109 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM GARY TO WINFIELD TO NEAR LAKE VILLAGE, MOVING EAST AT
80 MPH.
THESE ARE DESTRUCTIVE STORMS PRODUCING MEASURED WINDS GUSTS OF 90
TO OVER 100 MPH.
HAZARD...100 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES AND
BUSINESSES. EXPECT EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAMMOND, GARY, PORTAGE, MERRILLVILLE, EAST CHICAGO, SCHERERVILLE,
HOBART, LANSING, CROWN POINT, HIGHLAND, MUNSTER, CEDAR LAKE, LOWELL,
MOMENCE, LAKE VILLAGE, GRIFFITH, DYER, ST. JOHN, LAKE STATION,
LYNWOOD, LAKES OF THE FOUR SEASONS, WHITING, WINFIELD, BEECHER, AND
ROSELAWN.
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.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH TORNADO LIKE WIND
SPEEDS EXPECTED. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE
OVERTURNED. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE
SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.
LAT...LON 4122 8728 4095 8728 4115 8775 4136 8770
4132 8754 4147 8753 4171 8752 4167 8747
4167 8744 4168 8743 4167 8742 4165 8744
4164 8742 4162 8729 4162 8722 4124 8722
TIME...MOT...LOC 1609Z 277DEG 69KT 4158 8734 4139 8728 4114 8747
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...100 MPH
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