Radar indicates severe weather is east of Arlington Heights, and that the severe impact would be Wheeling, eastern Prospect Heights, eastern Des Plaines, Park Ridge, Glenview, Skokie, Niles, Morton Grove and Chicago neighborhoods on the north-northwest side.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
339 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
NORTHEASTERN DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 336 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR WHEELING…AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE…
WHEELING…GLENCOE…NORTHBROOK…ARLINGTON HEIGHTS…WINNETKA…
GLENVIEW…WILMETTE…MOUNT PROSPECT…MORTON GROVE…EVANSTON…
DES PLAINES…SKOKIE…PARK RIDGE…ROSEMONT…OHARE AIRPORT…
HARWOOD HEIGHTS…MONTROSE HARBOR…ADDISON…FRANKLIN PARK AND
LINCOLN PARK.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED…
BROOKFIELD ZOO…COLLEGE OF DUPAGE…HAWTHORNE PARK…LINCOLN PARK
ZOO…LOYOLA UNIVERSITY…MORTON ARBORETUM…
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.
WIND…HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN
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