TORNADO WARNING for Lemont, New Lenox, Homer Glen, Mokena, Tinley Park, Orland Park area.
Except for cloud-to-ground lightning, the severe thunderstorms with heavy rain are beginning to diminish in areas including and west of Lake County Illinois, western Cook County, and western DuPage County.
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
958 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWEST COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
NORTHWEST WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 956 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES THAT MAY NOT BE VISIBLE
DUE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR PLAINFIELD…AND MOVING EAST AT
55 MPH.
HAZARD…TORNADO AND 100 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT…FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR…
LEMONT AND NEW LENOX AROUND 1005 PM CDT.
HOMER GLEN AND MOKENA AROUND 1010 PM CDT.
TINLEY PARK AND ORLAND PARK AROUND 1015 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PALOS PARK…ORLAND HILLS…
PALOS HEIGHTS AND FRANKFORT SQUARE.
I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 135 AND 149.
I-55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 255 AND 268.
I-355 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 11.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
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