THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 320 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
OAK BROOK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

AT 310 PM 1 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN LOMBARD WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELMHURST...RIVERSIDE...BERWYN...MAYWOOD...FOREST PARK...RIVER
FOREST...FRANKLIN PARK...OAK PARK...OHARE AIRPORT...ROSEMONT...
HARWOOD HEIGHTS...DES PLAINES...PARK RIDGE...MORTON GROVE...
MONTROSE HARBOR...GLENVIEW...SKOKIE...EVANSTON...WILMETTE AND
WINNETKA.

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.