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The Village of New Lenox
Wednesday April 19th, 2023 :: 05:20 p.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 06:30PM

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a

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

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 519 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Yorkville, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. Multiple reports of quarter size hail have been noted in Yorkville with this storm! IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include... Aurora, Joliet, Naperville, Bolingbrook, Orland Park, Romeoville, Plainfield, Woodridge, Lockport, New Lenox, Homer Glen, Mokena, Frankfort, Channahon, Minooka, Crest Hill, Shorewood, Manhattan, Ingalls Park and Elwood. Including the following interstates... I-55 between mile markers 243 and 269. I-80 between mile markers 123 and 143. I-355 between mile markers 1 and 7, and between mile markers 11 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:

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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