BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
922 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
UPDATE: The Severe Thunderstorm Warning for northern Cook… Lake…
northern dupage… northeastern De Kalb… eastern Boone… McHenry and
northern Kane counties is cancelled…
Note: Weather radar shows storms and precipitation heading north-northeast in far northwest Kane County and western McHenry. Unless the storms extend eastward or new storms develop, it does not appear that Cook County will be affected as storms will pass just to the west of Cook County.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
NORTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
EASTERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
NORTHERN KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
NORTHWESTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 918 PM CDT…A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM CLINTON TO HAMPSHIRE TO SOMONAUK…AND MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
LITTLE ROCK AND HARVARD AROUND 930 PM CDT.
PLANO AND HUNTLEY AROUND 935 PM CDT.
WOODSTOCK AND SUGAR GROVE AROUND 940 PM CDT.
SLEEPY HOLLOW AND LAKEWOOD AROUND 945 PM CDT.
WONDER LAKE AND WEST DUNDEE AROUND 950 PM CDT.
WAYNE AND ST. CHARLES AROUND 955 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE UNION…PINGREE GROVE…
CRYSTAL LAKE…SOUTH ELGIN…FOX RIVER GROVE…CARY…BOULDER HILL…
BARRINGTON HILLS…LAKE BARRINGTON AND FOX RIVER VALLEY GARDENS.
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED…
ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY…AURORA UNIVERSITY…BENEDICTINE
UNIVERSITY…BROOKFIELD ZOO…CHAIN O LAKES STATE PARK…COLLEGE OF
DUPAGE…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER…INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
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