Stay safe chicago DUers!

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
924 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012

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KANE IL-KENDALL IL-LA SALLE IL-WILL IL-GRUNDY IL-DE KALB IL-DUPAGE
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924 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
DUPAGE...SOUTHEASTERN DE KALB...NORTHERN GRUNDY...WESTERN WILL...
NORTHEASTERN LA SALLE...KENDALL AND SOUTHERN KANE COUNTIES UNTIL 1015
PM CDT...

AT 920 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SUGAR GROVE TO
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWARK...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MONTGOMERY...AURORA AND OSWEGO AROUND 930 PM CDT.
MINOOKA AROUND 935 PM CDT.
NAPERVILLE...SHOREWOOD...PLAINFIELD AND CHANNAHON AROUND 940 PM
CDT.
BOLINGBROOK...WOODRIDGE...WILMINGTON AND ROMEOVILLE AROUND 945 PM
CDT.
LAKEWOOD SHORES...LOCKPORT AND INGALLS PARK AROUND 950 PM CDT.


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.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH TORNADO LIKE WIND
SPEEDS EXPECTED. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE
OVERTURNED. MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.