Severe Thunderstorm Warning Until 6:00 Pm; Storms Bring Downed Lines, Flooding
Severe Thunderstorms developed late this afternoon -- bringing some local flooding and some downed power lines.
In Arlington Heights, storms brought down a power line in the 1000 block of West Miner Street.
A lightning strike was reported at 1899 2nd Street in Highland Park.
Flooding was reported at 324 Bonnie in Elk Grove Village -- where the road was reported impassable due to flooding. Flooding was also reported at Elk Grove Boulevard and Ridge.
Flooding was also reported at East Avenue and King Drive in Streamwood.
Flooded basements were reported in Wheeling and Winnetka.
A tree fell on a house at 419 Woodland Avenue in Wauconda.
Vehicles report stuck in water Parkside Circle East of Cypress, and at Manchester and Wise Road in Schaumburg. People were also stranded in their car at Tower Road and Vernon Avenue in Winnetka.
People were reported stranded in their car, which was floating in water on Southbound Green Bay Road and Waveland Road in Lake Forest.
In Highland Park, firefighters responded to an automatic alarm and a small fire after a lightning strike.
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
507 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
EAST CENTRAL KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 505 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NORTHBROOK TO SCHAUMBURG TO BARTLETT...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT PROSPECT...GLENCOE...DUPAGE AIRPORT...ROSELLE...GLENVIEW...
DES PLAINES...WINNETKA...WEST CHICAGO...WILMETTE...MORTON GROVE...
PARK RIDGE...OHARE AIRPORT...CAROL STREAM...ROSEMONT...SKOKIE...
ADDISON...EVANSTON...FRANKLIN PARK...HARWOOD HEIGHTS AND WHEATON.
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY...BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY...BROOKFIELD
ZOO...COLLEGE OF DUPAGE...DUPAGE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS...ELGIN COMMUNITY
COLLEGE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning, severe thunderstorms
In Arlington Heights, storms brought down a power line in the 1000 block of West Miner Street.
A lightning strike was reported at 1899 2nd Street in Highland Park.
Flooding was reported at 324 Bonnie in Elk Grove Village -- where the road was reported impassable due to flooding. Flooding was also reported at Elk Grove Boulevard and Ridge.
Flooding was also reported at East Avenue and King Drive in Streamwood.
Flooded basements were reported in Wheeling and Winnetka.
A tree fell on a house at 419 Woodland Avenue in Wauconda.
Vehicles report stuck in water Parkside Circle East of Cypress, and at Manchester and Wise Road in Schaumburg. People were also stranded in their car at Tower Road and Vernon Avenue in Winnetka.
People were reported stranded in their car, which was floating in water on Southbound Green Bay Road and Waveland Road in Lake Forest.
In Highland Park, firefighters responded to an automatic alarm and a small fire after a lightning strike.
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
507 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
EAST CENTRAL KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 505 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NORTHBROOK TO SCHAUMBURG TO BARTLETT...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT PROSPECT...GLENCOE...DUPAGE AIRPORT...ROSELLE...GLENVIEW...
DES PLAINES...WINNETKA...WEST CHICAGO...WILMETTE...MORTON GROVE...
PARK RIDGE...OHARE AIRPORT...CAROL STREAM...ROSEMONT...SKOKIE...
ADDISON...EVANSTON...FRANKLIN PARK...HARWOOD HEIGHTS AND WHEATON.
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY...BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY...BROOKFIELD
ZOO...COLLEGE OF DUPAGE...DUPAGE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS...ELGIN COMMUNITY
COLLEGE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
Read complete article on Arlingtoncardinal.com ...
http://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?s=Severe+Thunderstorm+Warning+Until+6:00+Pm;+Storms+Bring+Downed+Lines,+Flooding
Severe Thunderstorm Warning, severe thunderstorms