Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 07:15PM Thursday
The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Kendall County in northeastern Illinois... Northwestern Will County in northeastern Illinois... Southeastern Kane County in northeastern Illinois... Southern DuPage County in northeastern Illinois... Southwestern Cook County in northeastern Illinois...
* Until 715 PM CDT.
* At 636 PM CDT, a line of showers and isolated severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Geneva to Newark, moving east at 35 mph. A wind gust to 58 mph was observed at Aurora Airport in Sugar Grove with these. Despite little to no lightning, there are isolated severe gusts with these showers. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include... Aurora, Joliet, Naperville, Bolingbrook, Downers Grove, Romeoville, Plainfield, Woodridge, Oswego, Batavia, Lockport, New Lenox, Homer Glen, Mokena, Yorkville, Hinsdale, Lemont, Plano, Burr Ridge and Westmont. Including the following interstates... I-55 between mile markers 253 and 276. I-80 between mile markers 130 and 142. I-88 between mile markers 111 and 132. I-355 between mile markers 1 and 21. This includes... Argonne National Laboratory, University of St. Francis, Aurora University, Benedictine University, IL Math and Science Academy, Joliet Slammers Baseball, Lewis University, and North Central College.
* AFFECTED AREAS: COOK, IL ... DUPAGE, IL ... KANE, IL ... KENDALL, IL ... WILL, IL
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Address/Location
Village of Willowbrook
7760 S Quincy St
Willowbrook, IL 60527
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 630-325-2808
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