Weather Alerts-

Take shelter in place or per instructions

Chicago - IL, US, National Weather Service

Cook County

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN WILL...SOUTHEASTERN DUPAGE AND EASTERN COOK COUNTIES... At 837 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 14 miles northeast of Kenilworth to Oak Lawn, moving east at 65 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... Chicago, Joliet, Cicero, Hammond, Evanston, Bolingbrook, Orland Park, Tinley Park, Oak Lawn, Berwyn, Oak Park, Downers Grove, Romeoville, Plainfield, Calumet City, Woodridge, West Town, Chicago Lawn, Englewood, Austin, South Shore, Roseland, West Ridge, Lincoln Park, and Bridgeport. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for northeastern Illinois. 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. 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