THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 110 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 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF EAST CHICAGO...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHITING...EAST CHICAGO...BURNHAM...HAMMOND...GARY...DOLTON...LAKE
STATION...CALUMET CITY...HOBART...LANSING...HIGHLAND...MUNSTER...
GRIFFITH...GLENWOOD...LYNWOOD...MERRILLVILLE...SCHERERVILLE...ST.
JOHN...LAKES OF THE FOUR SEASONS AND CROWN POINT.

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.