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Grundy County IL Emergency Management Agency
Tuesday August 10th, 2021 :: 06:39 p.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 08:00PM Tuesday

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Kendall County in northeastern Illinois... Northern Grundy County in northeastern Illinois... Southern Kane County in northeastern Illinois...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 638 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Waterman to near Marseilles, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include... Aurora, Joliet, Plainfield, Oswego, West Chicago, Batavia, Geneva, Yorkville, Morris, Channahon, Minooka, Plano, Sandwich, Montgomery, North Aurora, Sugar Grove, Boulder Hill, Elburn, Newark and Big Rock. Including the following interstates... I-80 between mile markers 104 and 122. I-88 between mile markers 102 and 120. This includes... Aurora University, Fermilab, Gebhard Woods State Park, Grundy County Speedway and Fairgrounds, IL Math and Science Academy, and Waubonsee Community College.

* AFFECTED AREAS: GRUNDY, IL ... KANE, IL ... KENDALL, IL

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Address/Location
Grundy County IL Emergency Management Agency
1320 Union St
Morris, IL 60450

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 815-941-3212

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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

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