Some initial gusts and heavy rain but very little lightning in Arlington Heights. Some impressive cloud formations and some initial gusts, but no reports of severe wind as of 5:35 p.m.
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
443 PM CDT FRI AUG 30 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
NORTHEASTERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
NORTHERN DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
NORTHERN KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
SOUTHERN MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 438 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF KENOSHA TO FOX LAKE TO HARVARD…AND
MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD…HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES…
ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
PRAIRIE GROVE AND MARENGO AROUND 450 PM CDT.
WAUCONDA AND OAKWOOD HILLS AROUND 455 PM CDT.
TOWER LAKES AND NORTH CHICAGO AROUND 500 PM CDT.
VERNON HILLS AND LAKE ZURICH AROUND 505 PM CDT.
LONG GROVE AND LINCOLNSHIRE AROUND 510 PM CDT.
WEST DUNDEE AND SLEEPY HOLLOW AROUND 515 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ROUND LAKE PARK…UNION…
CRYSTAL LAKE…LAKE BARRINGTON…FOX RIVER VALLEY GARDENS…CARY…
NORTH BARRINGTON…METTAWA…LAKE BLUFF AND INDIAN CREEK.
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED…
ELGIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE…GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING CENTER…HARPER
COLLEGE…LAKE COUNTY IL FAIRGROUNDS…LAKE FOREST COLLEGE…MCHENRY
COUNTY COLLEGE…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
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LAT…LON 4233 8781 4227 8782 4222 8780 4211 8772
4208 8767 4205 8766 4194 8806 4185 8859
4231 8871 4231 8870 4233 8816 4235 8782
TIME…MOT…LOC 2143Z 353DEG 30KT 4252 8768 4237 8816
4231 8862
HAIL…1.25IN
WIND…70MPH
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