Lansing, IL Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Lake County in northeastern Illinois...
Northwestern Cook County in northeastern Illinois...

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 615 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kildeer, or
over Palatine, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Mettawa, Lake Bluff, Hawthorn Woods, Deer Park, Highwood, Winthrop
Harbor, Round Lake Beach, Deerfield, Hainesville, Grayslake,
Highland Park, Inverness, South Barrington, Gurnee, Vernon Hills,
Buffalo Grove, Libertyville, Russell, Waukegan, Wadsworth, Third
Lake, North Chicago, Palatine, Grandwood Park, and Forest Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northeastern
Illinois.

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HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN;
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 255 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /11 PM EDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

LIVINGSTON

IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

FORD                  IROQUOIS

IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

DE KALB               LA SALLE              LEE
OGLE

IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

COOK                  DUPAGE                GRUNDY
KANE                  KANKAKEE              KENDALL
LAKE IL               WILL

IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES

IN NORTHWEST INDIANA

BENTON                JASPER                LAKE IN
NEWTON                PORTER

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AURORA, BOLINGBROOK, BOURBONNAIS,
BUFFALO GROVE, BYRON, CAROL STREAM, CHESTERTON, CHICAGO,
COAL CITY, DEKALB, DEMOTTE, DIXON, DOWNERS GROVE, DWIGHT, ELGIN,
EVANSTON, FAIRBURY, FOWLER, GARY, GIBSON CITY, GILMAN, GURNEE,
HAMMOND, JOLIET, KANKAKEE, KENTLAND, LA SALLE, LEMONT, LOMBARD,
MARSEILLES, MENDOTA, MERRILLVILLE, MINOOKA, MOROCCO, MORRIS,
MUNDELEIN, NAPERVILLE, OAK LAWN, OREGON, ORLAND PARK, OSWEGO,
OTTAWA, OXFORD, PARK FOREST, PAXTON, PLANO, PONTIAC, PORTAGE,
RENSSELAER, ROCHELLE, ROSELAWN, SCHAUMBURG, STREATOR, SYCAMORE,
VALPARAISO, WATSEKA, WAUKEGAN, WHEATON, WILMINGTON,
AND YORKVILLE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

* Affected Area...Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Lake IL, Ogle, Lee,
De Kalb, Kane, DuPage, Cook, La Salle, Kendall, Grundy, Will,
Kankakee, Livingston, Iroquois and Ford.

* Timing...From Friday morning through Friday evening.

* Winds...South 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* Relative Humidity...As low as 20 percent.

* Impacts...Any fire that develops will catch and spread
quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.

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