Severe thunderstorms are approaching the northwest suburbs Saturday afternoon, and will strike Arlington Heights by 4:20 p.m. Radar shows that the most severe weather will hit Elgin, Bartlett, Schaumburg, Elk Grove Village, Rolling Meadows, southern Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect, Elmhurst, Aurora, Wheaton, Naperville, Bolingbrook, Joliet and southwest to Bourbonnais and Kankakee. Severe thunderstorms are expected to hit the northwest suburbs within an hour.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
259 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
NORTHWESTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
NORTHERN KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
WESTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
SOUTHEASTERN OGLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
NORTHWESTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
EASTERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 256 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WINNEBAGO TO ROCHELLE TO 7
MILES WEST OF PAW PAW…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
SHABBONA AND MALTA AROUND 310 PM CDT.
LOVES PARK…WATERMAN…KIRKLAND AND DE KALB AROUND 315 PM CDT.
SYCAMORE…SOMONAUK…KINGSTON AND CORTLAND AROUND 320 PM CDT.
POPLAR GROVE…LITTLE ROCK…SANDWICH AND MAPLE PARK AROUND 325 PM
CDT.
PLANO AROUND 330 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED…
AURORA UNIVERSITY…BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY…BOONE COUNTY
FAIRGROUNDS…CHAIN O LAKES STATE PARK…COLLEGE OF DUPAGE…DUPAGE
COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS…
I-90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 76.
I-88 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND 125.
I-55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 262 AND 268.
I-39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND 123.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE AND
QUARTER SIZED HAIL ACROSS OGLE COUNTY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS!