THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 819 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 ZION TO BEACH PARK TO 11 MILES EAST OF BEACH PARK...
AND MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
GURNEE...GRANDWOOD PARK AND WAUKEGAN AROUND 830 PM CDT.
GAGES LAKE...THIRD LAKE...GRAYSLAKE AND PARK CITY AROUND 835 PM
CDT.
LIBERTYVILLE...MUNDELEIN...LAKE FOREST AND HIGHLAND PARK AROUND 840
PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE LAKE
BLUFF...HIGHWOOD AND METTAWA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WIND DAMAGE WITH THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR WITHOUT ANY RAIN. DO NOT
WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER OR RAIN BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.