THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 311 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WHEELING...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

AT 307 PM CDT QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS
WITH THIS STORM.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HIGHLAND PARK...BANNOCKBURN AND GLENCOE AROUND 320 PM CDT.
LAKE FOREST AROUND 325 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HIGHWOOD
AND LAKE BLUFF.

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.


A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.