SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1101 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
NORTHERN DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
* AT 1058 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TOWER LAKES TO ELGIN TO ST.
CHARLES…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
DUPAGE AIRPORT…BARRINGTON…WEST CHICAGO…HOFFMAN ESTATES…LAKE
ZURICH…CAROL STREAM…SCHAUMBURG…PALATINE…ROSELLE…ROLLING
MEADOWS…BUFFALO GROVE…ARLINGTON HEIGHTS…GLEN ELLYN…
ADDISON…WHEELING…LOMBARD…RIVERWOODS…MOUNT PROSPECT…VILLA
PARK AND DES PLAINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR…LARGE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTNING…AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.