Ashkum, IL Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
520 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING AREAS

IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

IROQUOIS

IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

COOK                  DUPAGE                KANKAKEE
LAKE IL               WILL

IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES

IN NORTHWEST INDIANA

BENTON                JASPER                LAKE IN
NEWTON                PORTER

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BOLINGBROOK, BOURBONNAIS,
BUFFALO GROVE, CAROL STREAM, CHESTERTON, CHICAGO, DEMOTTE,
DOWNERS GROVE, EVANSTON, FOWLER, GARY, GILMAN, GURNEE, HAMMOND,
JOLIET, KANKAKEE, KENTLAND, LEMONT, LOMBARD, MERRILLVILLE,
MOROCCO, MUNDELEIN, NAPERVILLE, OAK LAWN, ORLAND PARK, OXFORD,
PARK FOREST, PORTAGE, RENSSELAER, ROSELAWN, SCHAUMBURG,
VALPARAISO, WATSEKA, WAUKEGAN, WHEATON, AND WILMINGTON.

...EXTREME HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with peak heat index values 110
to locally over 115 degrees expected.

* WHERE...Iroquois, Boone, Eastern Will, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall,
McHenry, Northern Will, and Southern Will Counties.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat and high humidity events.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

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