Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Chicago, IL
Issued by NWS Chicago, IL
135 WWUS53 KLOT 021909 SVSLOT Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville 209 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024 ILC197-021930- /O.CON.KLOT.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-240502T1930Z/ Will IL- 209 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN WILL COUNTY... At 209 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Crest Hill, or near Plainfield, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. Quarter size hail was reported with this storm near Shorewood. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Joliet, Bolingbrook, Orland Park, Romeoville, Plainfield, Woodridge, Lockport, New Lenox, Homer Glen, Crest Hill, Shorewood, Fairmont, and Crystal Lawns. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 4151 8818 4159 8823 4173 8809 4173 8803 4164 8803 4164 8791 4156 8791 4156 8787 TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 229DEG 26KT 4159 8813 HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Borchardt