BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville
823 PM CDT Thu Apr 2 2026
The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Will County in northeastern Illinois...
Southeastern Cook County in northeastern Illinois...
* Until 930 PM CDT.
* At 822 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Minooka to 7 miles east of Streator, moving
northeast at 55 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...
Joliet, Hammond, Tinley Park, Calumet City, Chicago Heights,
Lansing, Harvey, New Lenox, Munster, Park Forest, Homewood,
Matteson, Mokena, Frankfort, Channahon, Minooka, Steger, Braidwood,
Wilmington, Peotone, South Holland, Country Club Hills, Dyer, Hazel
Crest, and Richton Park.
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 northeastern
Illinois.
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LAT...LON 4129 8801 4128 8801 4120 8824 4147 8825
4161 8752 4130 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 241DEG 49KT 4138 8831 4115 8870
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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