Arlington Heights area at 1:40 p.m. is not under any watches or warnings. However, radar images show a wide band of storms moving due north just south of Interstate 88.
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
130 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN DE KALB COUNTY…
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT
* AT 127 PM…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WATERMAN…OR NEAR SHABBONA…AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
HINCKLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME…A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.