THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 215 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
SOMONAUK...OR NEAR SANDWICH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LITTLE ROCK...PLANO AND HINCKLEY AROUND 225 PM CDT.
SUGAR GROVE AROUND 230 PM CDT.
MONTGOMERY AROUND 235 PM CDT.
NORTH AURORA...BATAVIA AND AURORA AROUND 240 PM CDT.
WEST CHICAGO...GENEVA...DUPAGE AIRPORT AND WARRENVILLE AROUND 245
PM CDT.
CAROL STREAM...WINFIELD AND WHEATON AROUND 250 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE BOULDER
HILL...BLOOMINGDALE...GLENDALE HEIGHTS...LINCOLNWOOD AND GOLF.

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.