Expires:202505160145;Remove:202505160145;089661 WUUS53 KLOT 160045 SVRLOT ILC053-063-091-105-197-160145- /O.NEW.KLOT.SV.W.0038.250516T0045Z-250516T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville 745 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025 The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Livingston County in central Illinois... Will County in northeastern Illinois... Southeastern Grundy County in northeastern Illinois... Kankakee County in northeastern Illinois... North central Ford County in east central Illinois... * Until 845 PM CDT. * At 744 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Saunemin, or 9 miles southeast of Dwight, moving northeast at 60 mph. HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts Largest hail is expectd over western Kankakee and southern Will Counties. 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... Kankakee, Limestone, Cullom, Cabery, Channahon, Kempton, Odell, Dwight, Elwood, Wilmington, Bonfield, Union Hill, Campus, Coal City, Manteno, Symerton, Lakewood Shores, Aroma Park, Godley, University Park, Gardner, Manhattan, Buckingham, Crete, and Bradley. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central, northeastern and east central Illinois. && LAT...LON 4078 8835 4094 8857 4146 8825 4147 8753 4122 8753 4100 8794 4100 8813 4092 8813 TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 228DEG 58KT 4097 8835 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ DK