Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 04:00PM
The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Kendall County in northeastern Illinois... East central La Salle County in north central Illinois... Will County in northeastern Illinois... Grundy County in northeastern Illinois... Central Kankakee County in northeastern Illinois...
* Until 400 PM CDT.
* At 254 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles northwest of Minooka to near Morris to Seneca, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters reported 2 inch diameter hail near Earlville. 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... Joliet, Orland Park, Tinley Park, Plainfield, Kankakee, Lockport, New Lenox, Homer Glen, Park Forest, Mokena, Bourbonnais, Frankfort, Bradley, Morris, Channahon, Minooka, Manteno, Braidwood, Wilmington and Coal City. Including the following interstates... I-55 between mile markers 226 and 256. I-57 near mile marker 307, and between mile markers 311 and 338. I-80 between mile markers 96 and 149.
* AFFECTED AREAS: GRUNDY, IL ... KANKAKEE, IL ... KENDALL, IL ... LA SALLE, IL ... WILL, IL
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Address/Location
Frankfort Police Dept
20602 Lincolnway Ln
Frankfort, IL 60423
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 815-469-9435
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