Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 07:30PM Wednesday
The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Will County in northeastern Illinois... Northeastern Kankakee County in northeastern Illinois... Southeastern Cook County in northeastern Illinois... Lake County in northwestern Indiana...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 650 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from South Deering to near Crete to Momence, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include... Hammond, Gary, Oak Lawn, Calumet City, Portage, Merrillville, Chicago Heights, Roseland, East Chicago, Schererville, Hobart, Lansing, Oak Forest, Crown Point, Harvey, Highland, Blue Island, Munster, Dolton and Park Forest. This includes... Indiana University Northwest, Purdue University Northwest Hammond, Windy City Thunderbolts Baseball, Governors State University, Illiana Motor Speedway, Lake County Fairgrounds, Prairie State College, South Shore Rail Cats Baseball, and South Suburban College.
* AFFECTED AREAS: COOK, IL ... KANKAKEE, IL ... WILL, IL ... LAKE, IN
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Address/Location
Village of Beecher
625 Dixie Hwy
Beecher, IL 60401
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 708-946-2261
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