THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
EASTERN MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 719 PM 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 HEBRON TO WOODSTOCK TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HAMPSHIRE...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MCHENRY...PISTAKEE HIGHLANDS...FOX LAKE...ISLAND LAKE...LONG
LAKE...ANTIOCH...LAKE VILLA...ROUND LAKE...WAUCONDA...VENETIAN
VILLAGE...LAKE ZURICH...GRAYSLAKE...MUNDELEIN...GAGES LAKE...VERNON
HILLS...LIBERTYVILLE...GURNEE...WINTHROP HARBOR...ZION AND BEACH
PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.


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