Full Notification

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Will County in northeastern Illinois... Eastern Grundy County in northeastern Illinois... Northwestern Kankakee County in northeastern Illinois...

* Until 515 PM CDT.

* At 437 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Minooka to near Gardner, moving northeast at 60 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Joliet, Channahon and Minooka around 440 PM CDT. Wilmington, Coal City, Shorewood and Elwood around 445 PM CDT. Lakewood Shores around 450 PM CDT. Manhattan around 500 PM CDT. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include South Wilmington, Godley, Symerton, East Brooklyn, Essex, Carbon Hill and Wilton Center. Including the following interstates... I-55 between mile markers 226 and 249, and between mile markers 251 and 255. I-57 between mile markers 329 and 331. I-80 near mile marker 120, and between mile markers 123 and 126.

* AFFECTED AREAS: GRUNDY, IL ... KANKAKEE, IL ... WILL, IL

Instructions:

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central and northeastern Illinois. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central and northeastern Illinois.