THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GRUNDY COUNTY...
KANKAKEE COUNTY...
NORTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN WILL COUNTY...

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT

* AT 1228 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DWIGHT...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOURBONNAIS...KANKAKEE...BRADLEY...MANTENO...MOMENCE...GARDNER...
BRACEVILLE...HERSCHER...AROMA PARK...ST. ANNE...GRANT PARK...
HOPKINS PARK...SOUTH WILMINGTON...EAST BROOKLYN...GODLEY...
REDDICK...ESSEX...BUCKINGHAM...UNION HILL AND BONFIELD.

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.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.