BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
718 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
KANKAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
* UNTIL 815 AM CDT
* AT 715 AM CDT…A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM ELK GROVE VILLAGE TO LAKEWOOD SHORES TO 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HERSCHER…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
MOUNT PROSPECT AND NEW LENOX AROUND 725 AM CDT.
WILLOW SPRINGS AND SUMMIT AROUND 730 AM CDT.
GLENCOE AND WILMETTE HARBOR AROUND 735 AM CDT.
ROGERS PARK AND RICHTON PARK AROUND 740 AM CDT.
ST. ANNE AND UNIVERSITY PARK AROUND 745 AM CDT.
HOPKINS PARK AND THORNTON AROUND 750 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WILLOWBROOK…BONFIELD…
BERKELEY…RIVER GROVE…PALOS PARK…ORLAND HILLS…MCCOOK…LA
GRANGE PARK…GOLF AND ELMWOOD PARK.
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
Especially this afternoon: Our area is in a 2 percent risk area for the probability of a tornado within 25 miles of the northwest suburbs of Chicago. The City of Chicago, south and southwest suburbs are in a 5 percent risk area.
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