Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 09:30PM Saturday ![](/static/Citizen-24_02_1/img/public/msg_expiration.png)
SVRLOT The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Lake County in northeastern Illinois... Eastern McHenry County in northeastern Illinois...
* Until 930 PM CDT.
* At 840 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Powers Lake to near Richmond to Wonder Lake to near Woodstock, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Crystal Lake, McHenry, Woodstock, Antioch, Fox Lake, Lake Villa, Lakemoor, Long Lake, Pistakee Highlands, and Volo around 845 PM CDT. Round Lake Beach, Grayslake, Round Lake, Wauconda, Island Lake, Lindenhurst, Round Lake Park, Venetian Village, and Third Lake around 850 PM CDT. Gurnee, Mundelein, Libertyville, Cary, Gages Lake, Hawthorn Woods, Grandwood Park, Lake Barrington, Wadsworth, and Oakwood Hills around 855 PM CDT. Waukegan, North Chicago, Vernon Hills, Zion, Lake Zurich, Beach Park, Long Grove, Park City, Green Oaks, and Tower Lakes around 900 PM CDT. Lake Forest, Winthrop Harbor, Lake Bluff, Kildeer, and Forest Lake around 905 PM CDT. Buffalo Grove, Highland Park, Lincolnshire, Highwood, Riverwoods, and Bannockburn around 910 PM CDT. Wheeling, Northbrook, and Deerfield around 915 PM CDT. Glencoe around 920 PM CDT. Including the following interstates... I-94 between mile markers 1 and 26. I-294 between mile markers 1 and 26.
* AFFECTED AREAS: LAKE, IL ... MCHENRY, IL
Instructions:
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. Prepare immediately for damaging winds and deadly cloud to ground lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from windows.
Address/Location
City of Crystal Lake
100 W Woodstock St
Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 815-356-3620
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