SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
1028 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2022

ILZ013-104-040400-
DUPAGE IL-CENTRAL COOK IL-
1028 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2022

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL DUPAGE
AND CENTRAL COOK COUNTIES THROUGH 1100 PM CDT...

AT 1028 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
DOWNERS GROVE, MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND 
         UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS 
         POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOWNERS GROVE, ELMHURST, LOMBARD, GLEN ELLYN, MELROSE PARK, MAYWOOD,
BROOKFIELD, FRANKLIN PARK, HINSDALE, WESTCHESTER, LA GRANGE, OAK
BROOK, WESTMONT, VILLA PARK, BELLWOOD, LA GRANGE PARK, WESTERN
SPRINGS, NORTHLAKE, LYONS AND CLARENDON HILLS.

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
 I-88 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 132 AND 140.
 I-290 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND 19.
 I-355 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 25.

THIS INCLUDES...  BROOKFIELD ZOO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING. 
 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH