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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 12:30 AM Apr. 3, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Kendall County in northeastern Illinois... Northern La Salle County in north central Illinois... Northwestern Will County in northeastern Illinois... Southern De Kalb County in north central Illinois... Northwestern Grundy County in northeastern Illinois... Southern Kane County in northeastern Illinois... Western DuPage County in northeastern Illinois... * Until 815 PM CDT. * At 730 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Sandwich to 6 miles northwest of Ottawa, moving northeast at 55 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Aurora, Joliet, Naperville, Bolingbrook, Wheaton, Bartlett, Carol Stream, Romeoville, Plainfield, Hanover Park, St. Charles, Oswego, West Chicago, Batavia, Geneva, Ottawa, Yorkville, Campton Hills, Plano, La Salle, Sandwich, Sheridan, Roselle, Bloomingdale, and Crest Hill. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for north central and northeastern Illinois. && TORNADO...POSSIBLE; THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE; HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
Tornado Watch
Issued: 11:53 PM Apr. 2, 2026 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED TORNADO WATCH 89 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS COOK DUPAGE LAKE IL WILL THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BOLINGBROOK, BUFFALO GROVE, CAROL STREAM, CHICAGO, DOWNERS GROVE, EVANSTON, GURNEE, JOLIET, LEMONT, LOMBARD, MUNDELEIN, NAPERVILLE, OAK LAWN, ORLAND PARK, PARK FOREST, SCHAUMBURG, WAUKEGAN, WHEATON, AND WILMINGTON.
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