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Village of Beecher
Monday August 29th, 2022 :: 12:46 p.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 01:45PM

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Livingston County in central Illinois... Southeastern Kendall County in northeastern Illinois... Will County in northeastern Illinois... Eastern Grundy County in northeastern Illinois... Kankakee County in northeastern Illinois... North central Ford County in east central Illinois... Northwestern Iroquois County in east central Illinois... Southeastern Cook County in northeastern Illinois...

* Until 145 PM CDT.

* At 1243 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Yorkville to near Cornell, moving east 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... Joliet, Orland Park, Tinley Park, Romeoville, Plainfield, Calumet City, Chicago Heights, Lansing, Oak Forest, Kankakee, Harvey, Lockport, New Lenox, Homer Glen, Dolton, Park Forest, Homewood, Matteson, Mokena and Bourbonnais. This includes... University of St. Francis, Channahon State Park, Chicagoland Speedway Route 66 Raceway, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Governors State University, Joliet Junior College, Joliet Slammers Baseball, Kankakee Community College, Kankakee County Fairgrounds and Speedway, Kankakee River State Park, Lewis University, Olivet Nazarine University, Prairie State College, South Suburban College, Will County Fairgrounds, and North Central College.

* AFFECTED AREAS: COOK, IL ... FORD, IL ... GRUNDY, IL ... IROQUOIS, IL ... KANKAKEE, IL ... KENDALL, IL ... LIVINGSTON, IL ... WILL, IL

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Prepare immediately for damaging winds and deadly cloud to ground lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from windows.

Address/Location
Village of Beecher
625 Dixie Hwy
Beecher, IL 60401

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 708-946-2261

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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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