900
WWUS53 KLOT 121450
SVSLOT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
950 AM CDT WED AUG 12 2026
ILC031-043-091-197-121545-
/O.CON.KLOT.SV.W.0253.000000T0000Z-260812T1545Z/
WILL IL-KANKAKEE IL-DUPAGE IL-COOK IL-
950 AM CDT WED AUG 12 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
FOR WILL...NORTHERN KANKAKEE...SOUTHERN DUPAGE AND COOK COUNTIES...
AT 949 AM CDT, A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM AURORA
TO LOCKPORT TO JOLIET TO WILMINGTON, AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHICAGO, AURORA, JOLIET, NAPERVILLE, CICERO, BOLINGBROOK, ORLAND
PARK, TINLEY PARK, OAK LAWN, BERWYN, OAK PARK, DOWNERS GROVE,
ELMHURST, ROMEOVILLE, PLAINFIELD, CALUMET CITY, WOODRIDGE, CHICAGO
HEIGHTS, WEST TOWN, CHICAGO LAWN, ENGLEWOOD, AUSTIN, SOUTH SHORE,
ROSELAND, AND MIDWAY AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY, IF ONE IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE, SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4172 8825 4200 8765 4191 8762 4183 8760
4172 8753 4116 8753 4120 8824
TIME...MOT...LOC 1449Z 265DEG 44KT 4159 8801
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
BORCHARDT
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