BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville
926 AM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026
The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Will County in northeastern Illinois...
Northern Kankakee County in northeastern Illinois...
DuPage County in northeastern Illinois...
Cook County in northeastern Illinois...
* Until 1045 AM CDT.
* At 925 AM CDT, a line of severe thunderstorms extended from
Hinckley to Morris to Mazon, and was moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. Wind gusts up to 60 mph were
reported in Grundy County with this storm.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Chicago, Aurora, Joliet, Naperville, Cicero, Evanston, Bolingbrook,
Skokie, Orland Park, Tinley Park, Oak Lawn, Berwyn, Wheaton, Oak
Park, Downers Grove, Elmhurst, Lombard, Ohare Airport, Carol
Stream, Romeoville, Plainfield, Park Ridge, Calumet City, Addison,
and Glendale Heights.
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.
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LAT...LON 4120 8824 4190 8826 4204 8767 4190 8762
4190 8760 4183 8760 4172 8753 4116 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1425Z 265DEG 44KT 4157 8845
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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