Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Chicago, IL
Issued by NWS Chicago, IL
445 WWUS83 KLOT 162107 SPSLOT Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL 407 PM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024 ILZ005-006-012-013-020-021-023-103>108-162315- McHenry-Lake IL-Kane-DuPage-Kendall-Grundy-Kankakee-Northern Cook- Central Cook-Southern Cook-Northern Will-Southern Will- Eastern Will- Including the cities of Crystal Lake, Algonquin, McHenry, Woodstock, Waukegan, Buffalo Grove, Mundelein, Gurnee, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville, Wheaton, Downers Grove, Lombard, Carol Stream, Oswego, Yorkville, Plano, Morris, Coal City, Minooka, Kankakee, Bourbonnais, Bradley, Evanston, Des Plaines, Schaumburg, Palatine, Northbrook, Chicago, Cicero, Oak Lawn, Oak Park, La Grange, Calumet City, Oak Forest, Lemont, Orland Park, Park Forest, Joliet, Bolingbrook, Plainfield, Mokena, Channahon, Manhattan, Wilmington, Crete, Peotone, and Beecher 407 PM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024 ...STRONG WEST WINDS HEADING TOWARD GREATER CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA... Strong west winds with gusts as high as 50 mph will move across the greater Chicago metropolitan area over the next few hours as a complex of thunderstorms moves across northern Illinois. The winds may begin well before rain arrives, and continue for greater than 30 minutes at any given location. In addition, locally stronger winds in excess of 60 mph may occur where thunderstorms are strongest of intensify. In these situations, Severe Thunderstorm Warnings will be issued. Consider moving indoors until the gusty winds and thunderstorms pass. $$ Borchardt