SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FAR NORTHEAST COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 530 PM CDT

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

453 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  FAR NORTHEAST COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

  SOUTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 448 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...

  AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED

  NEAR BANNOCKBURN...OR NEAR DEERFIELD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30

  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...

  GLENCOE AND NORTHFIELD AROUND 500 PM CDT.

  WINNETKA AROUND 505 PM CDT.

  KENILWORTH AROUND 510 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED...

LAKE FOREST COLLEGE...RAVINIA MUSIC FESTIVAL...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER

HOUR...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR

PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME

OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO

AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.