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Lockport Police Department
Saturday April 30th, 2022 :: 06:52 p.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 07:30PM Saturday

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Will County in northeastern Illinois...

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 650 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Boulder Hill to near Coal City, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include... Aurora, Joliet, Naperville, Bolingbrook, Orland Park, Tinley Park, Romeoville, Plainfield, Woodridge, Lockport, New Lenox, Homer Glen, Mokena, Frankfort, Channahon, Minooka, Braidwood, Wilmington, Crest Hill and Shorewood. Including the following interstates... I-55 between mile markers 235 and 269. I-80 between mile markers 123 and 149. I-355 between mile markers 1 and 7, near mile marker 11, and between mile markers 13 and 14. This includes... University of St. Francis, Channahon State Park, Chicagoland Speedway...Route 66 Raceway, Joliet Junior College, Joliet Slammers Baseball, and Lewis University.

* AFFECTED AREAS: WILL, IL

Instructions:

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for northeastern Illinois. Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Address/Location
Lockport Police Department
1212 Farrell Rd
Lockport, IL 60441

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 815-838-2132

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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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