.A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN WILL
AND KANKAKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM CDT...

AT 1242 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GARDNER...OR 11 MILES EAST OF
DWIGHT...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. RADAR INDICATION OF ROTATION HAS
DIMINISHED SLIGHTLY...BUT THE ENVIRONMENT IS CONDUCIVE TO SQUALL
LINE TORNADO DEVELOPMENT.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOURBONNAIS...KANKAKEE...BRADLEY...MANTENO...MOMENCE...HERSCHER...
AROMA PARK...ST. ANNE...GRANT PARK...HOPKINS PARK...BONFIELD...
IRWIN AND SUN RIVER TERRACE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES IN
ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.