Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 02:00AM Thursday ![](/static/Citizen-24_02_1/img/public/msg_expiration.png)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 430 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS LIVINGSTON IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS DE KALB LA SALLE LEE IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS COOK DUPAGE GRUNDY KANE KANKAKEE KENDALL LAKE IL MCHENRY WILL IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA JASPER LAKE IN NEWTON PORTER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALGONQUIN, AURORA, BOLINGBROOK, BOURBONNAIS, BUFFALO GROVE, CAROL STREAM, CHESTERTON, CHICAGO, COAL CITY, CRYSTAL LAKE, DEKALB, DEMOTTE, DIXON, DOWNERS GROVE, DWIGHT, ELGIN, EVANSTON, FAIRBURY, GARY, GURNEE, HAMMOND, JOLIET, KANKAKEE, KENTLAND, LA SALLE, LEMONT, LOMBARD, MARSEILLES, MCHENRY, MENDOTA, MERRILLVILLE, MINOOKA, MOROCCO, MORRIS, MUNDELEIN, NAPERVILLE, OAK LAWN, ORLAND PARK, OSWEGO, OTTAWA, PARK FOREST, PLANO, PONTIAC, PORTAGE, RENSSELAER, ROSELAWN, SCHAUMBURG, STREATOR, SYCAMORE, VALPARAISO, WAUKEGAN, WHEATON, WILMINGTON, WOODSTOCK, AND YORKVILLE.
* AFFECTED AREAS: COOK, IL ... DE KALB, IL ... DUPAGE, IL ... GRUNDY, IL ... KANE, IL ... KANKAKEE, IL ... KENDALL, IL ... LAKE, IL ... LA SALLE, IL ... LEE, IL ... LIVINGSTON, IL ... MCHENRY, IL ... WILL, IL ... JASPER, IN ... LAKE, IN ... NEWTON, IN ... PORTER, IN
Address/Location
Richmond, IL Police Department
5600 Hunter Dr
Richmond, IL 60071
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 815-678-4163
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant 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:
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch