Full Notification

At 134 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Winthrop Harbor to Libertyville to Fox River Grove, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail. SOURCE...At 1:32pm trained weather spotters reported a wind gust of 68 mph near Crystal Lake. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Waukegan, Arlington Heights, Palatine, Buffalo Grove, Crystal Lake, Wheeling, Northbrook, North Chicago, Gurnee, Mundelein, Algonquin, Highland Park, Lake in the Hills, Round Lake Beach, McHenry, Vernon Hills, Woodstock, Zion, Huntley and Grayslake.

* AFFECTED AREAS: LAKE, IL ... MCHENRY, IL

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.