Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 24 at 6:26PM CDT until June 24 at 7:15PM CDT by NWS Chicago IL
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 24, 2026 - 4:26pm
Expires:
June 24, 2026 - 5:15pm
Description:
At 626 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Streamwood,
moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Naperville, Elgin, Schaumburg, Des Plaines, Mount Prospect, Wheaton,
Hoffman Estates, Downers Grove, Elmhurst, Lombard, Bartlett,
Streamwood, Carol Stream, Hanover Park, Carpentersville, Addison,
Glendale Heights, Elk Grove Village, St. Charles, Woodridge, Glen
Ellyn, West Chicago, Batavia, Geneva, and Hinsdale.
Instruction:
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Cook, IL; DuPage, IL; Kane, IL
Forcast Office:
NWS Chicago IL
Sender: