Sunday, May 29, 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COOK...
SOUTHERN LAKE...DUPAGE...NORTHWESTERN WILL...NORTHEASTERN KENDALL AND
EASTERN KANE COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT...

AT 1146 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM PALATINE TO MEDINAH TO AURORA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

IN ADDITION...AT 1137 AM CDT, A 58 MPH WIND GUST WAS REPORTED AT
DUPAGE COUNTY AIRPORT IN WEST CHICAGO WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
BUFFALO GROVE...WHEELING...PROSPECT HEIGHTS AND NAPERVILLE AROUND
1155 AM CDT.
BANNOCKBURN...LINCOLNSHIRE...YORK CENTER AND WOODRIDGE AROUND NOON
CDT.
LEMONT...STONE PARK...PARK RIDGE AND OAK BROOK AROUND 1205 PM CDT.
WILMETTE HARBOR...WINNETKA AND WILMETTE AROUND 1210 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
GLENBARD SOUTH...HIGHWOOD...OAKBROOK TERRACE...GOLF...BERKELEY...
WILLOWBROOK...RIVER GROVE...LINCOLNWOOD...ELMWOOD PARK AND PALOS
PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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