UPDATE: TORNADO WARNING CANCELLED early for Northwest Cook County at about 2:40 PM
Tornado Warning
Alert:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN COOK COUNTY…
NORTHERN DUPAGE COUNTY…
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 218 PM…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST CHICAGO…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR…
CAROL STREAM AND BARTLETT AROUND 225 PM.
ROSELLE…HANOVER PARK…MEDINAH AND ITASCA AROUND 230 PM.
SCHAUMBURG…ELK GROVE VILLAGE…HOFFMAN ESTATES AND WOOD DALE
AROUND 235 PM.
ROLLING MEADOWS…PALATINE…MOUNT PROSPECT AND INVERNESS AROUND
240 PM.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS AROUND 245 PM.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED…
DUPAGE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS…HARPER COLLEGE…OAKTON COMMUNITY
COLLEGE…SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS BASEBALL…WHEATON COLLEGE…
I-94 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 34.
I-294 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 34.
I-290 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 10.
I-355 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 27 AND 30.
Instructions: TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS… MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.