Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 04:30PM
The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Will County in northeastern Illinois... Kankakee County in northeastern Illinois... Southeastern Cook County in northeastern Illinois... Northern Newton County in northwestern Indiana... Lake County in northwestern Indiana...
* Until 430 PM CDT.
* At 328 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Frankfort to near Manteno to near Limestone, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include... Gary, Merrillville, Chicago Heights, Schererville, Hobart, Kankakee, Crown Point, Highland, Munster, Park Forest, Matteson, Bourbonnais, Frankfort, Bradley, Cedar Lake, Steger, Lowell, Manteno, Peotone and Momence. Including the following interstates... I-57 between mile markers 302 and 341. Indiana I-65 between mile markers 233 and 258.
* AFFECTED AREAS: COOK, IL ... KANKAKEE, IL ... WILL, IL ... LAKE, IN ... NEWTON, IN
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Address/Location
Village of Beecher
625 Dixie Hwy
Beecher, IL 60401
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 708-946-2261
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