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The Village of New Lenox
Tuesday April 4th, 2023 :: 01:08 p.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 02:45PM

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a

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

* Until 245 PM CDT.

* At 107 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Campton Hills to near Plainfield, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include... Chicago, Aurora, Joliet, Naperville, Cicero, Hammond, Schaumburg, Bolingbrook, Des Plaines, Orland Park, Tinley Park, Oak Lawn, Berwyn, Wheaton, Oak Park, Downers Grove, Elmhurst, Lombard, Bartlett and Ohare Airport. Including the following interstates... I-55 between mile markers 258 and 294. I-57 between mile markers 346 and 358. I-80 between mile markers 154 and 155. I-88 between mile markers 116 and 140. I-90 between mile markers 77 and 107. I-94 between mile markers 41 and 74. I-290 between mile markers 5 and 29. I-294 between mile markers 41 and 74. I-355 between mile markers 4 and 30. Indiana I-90 between mile markers 1 and 2. This includes... Argonne National Laboratory, Brookfield Zoo, Lincoln Park Zoo, Loyola University, SeatGeek Stadium, Triton College, University of Chicago, Windy City Thunderbolts Baseball, Benedictine University, College of DuPage, DuPage County Fairgrounds, Fermilab, Hawthorne Park, Kane County Cougars Ballpark, Lewis University, Moraine Valley Community College, Morton Arboretum, Northeastern Illinois University, Soldier Field, South Suburban College, University of Illinois Chicago, Guaranteed Rate Field...IL Institute of Technology, Wheaton College, Wrigley Field, The Loop, Museum of Science and Industry, Museum Campus, Northerly Island, and North Central College.

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

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Address/Location
The Village of New Lenox
1 Veterans Pkwy
New Lenox, IL 60451

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 815-485-2500

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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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