Tornadoes, severe weather for Northern Illinois Oct. 14, 2017

Significant Weather Advisory

Weather Updated: Oct 14 8:05PM

Issued by the National Weather Service

For Cook County and surrounding counties in Northern Illinois

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9PM CDT SAT …SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL WILL…COOK AND NORTHERN LAKE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT… AT 803 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GLENVIEW TO LA GRANGE TO MINOOKA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MPH. THE TIME OF ARRIVAL IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO OF THESE STORMS WOULD BE AROUND 825 PM. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AT O’HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION, LOCALIZED FLOODING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE PROBABLE WITH THESE STORMS ALONG WITH AN HOUR LONG PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… CHICAGO, JOLIET, CICERO, HAMMOND, GARY, EVANSTON, SKOKIE, ORLAND PARK, TINLEY PARK, OAK LAWN, BERWYN, OAK PARK, GLENVIEW, CALUMET CITY, MERRILLVILLE, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, EAST CHICAGO, SCHERERVILLE, LANSING AND WILMETTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.

Tornado near Abingdon, Illinois. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia

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