Full Notification

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Kane County in northeastern Illinois... DuPage County in northeastern Illinois... Northwestern Cook County in northeastern Illinois...

* Until 1130 PM CDT.

* At 1042 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Geneva, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include... Chicago, Aurora, Schaumburg, Des Plaines, Berwyn, Mount Prospect, Wheaton, Oak Park, Downers Grove, Elmhurst, Lombard, Bartlett, Ohare Airport, Streamwood, Carol Stream, Hanover Park, Park Ridge, Addison, Glendale Heights and Elk Grove Village. Including the following interstates... I-88 near mile marker 110, and between mile markers 133 and 140. I-90 between mile markers 73 and 82. I-290 between mile markers 3 and 22. I-355 between mile markers 22 and 30. This includes... Brookfield Zoo, Schaumburg Boomers Baseball, Triton College, College of DuPage, DuPage County Fairgrounds, Fermilab, Kane County Cougars Ballpark, Morton Arboretum, and Wheaton College.

* AFFECTED AREAS: COOK, IL ... DUPAGE, IL ... KANE, IL

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.