Tornado Watch until 05:00AM Thursday
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 215 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT /6 AM EDT/ THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS LIVINGSTON IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS FORD IROQUOIS IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS GRUNDY KANKAKEE WILL IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA BENTON JASPER LAKE NEWTON PORTER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BOLINGBROOK, BOSWELL, BOURBONNAIS, BRADLEY, BROOK, CHESTERTON, COAL CITY, DEMOTTE, DWIGHT, EAST CHICAGO, FAIRBURY, FOWLER, GARY, GIBSON CITY, GILMAN, GOODLAND, HAMMOND, JOLIET, KANKAKEE, KENTLAND, MERRILLVILLE, MINOOKA, MOROCCO, MORRIS, ONARGA, OTTERBEIN, OXFORD, PAXTON, PONTIAC, PORTAGE, RENSSELAER, ROSELAWN, VALPARAISO, AND WATSEKA.
* AFFECTED AREAS: FORD, IL ... BENTON, IN ... NEWTON, IN ... LAKE, IN ... IROQUOIS, IL ... JASPER, IN ... KANKAKEE, IL ... LIVINGSTON, IL ... WILL, IL ... GRUNDY, IL ... PORTER, IN
Address/Location
The Village of New Lenox
1 Veterans Pkwy
New Lenox, IL 60451
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 815-485-2500
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Extreme - Extraordinary threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Tornado Watch