Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 06:15PM Tuesday
The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Will County in northeastern Illinois... Southeastern Cook County in northeastern Illinois...
* Until 615 PM CST.
* At 454 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Dupage Airport to near Yorkville to 6 miles south of Seneca, moving northeast at 50 mph. These storms have a history of producing wind damage. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include... Chicago, Aurora, Joliet, Naperville, Cicero, Bolingbrook, Orland Park, Tinley Park, Oak Lawn, Berwyn, Oak Park, Romeoville, Plainfield, Calumet City, Woodridge, Chicago Heights, West Town, Englewood, Chicago Lawn and Austin. Including the following interstates... I-55 between mile markers 235 and 269, and between mile markers 279 and 294. I-57 between mile markers 325 and 358. I-80 between mile markers 123 and 155. I-90 between mile markers 101 and 107. I-94 between mile markers 45 and 74. I-290 between mile markers 23 and 29. I-294 between mile markers 45 and 74. I-355 between mile markers 1 and 11, and between mile markers 13 and 14. This includes...University of Chicago, University of St. Francis, Windy City Thunderbolts Baseball, Channahon State Park, Chicagoland Speedway...Route 66 Raceway, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, Governors State University, Hawthorne Park, Joliet Junior College, Joliet Slammers Baseball, Lewis University, Moraine Valley Community College, Prairie State College, Soldier Field, South Suburban College, University of Illinois Chicago, Guaranteed Rate Field...IL Institute of Technology, Will County Fairgrounds, Wrigley Field, The Loop, Museum of Science and Industry, Museum Campus, and Northerly Island.
* AFFECTED AREAS: COOK, IL ... WILL, IL
Instructions:
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CST for northeastern Illinois. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Address/Location
Village of Beecher
625 Dixie Hwy
Beecher, IL 60401
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 708-946-2261
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning