Severe Thunderstorm Warning Illinois | Effective 04/02/2026 20:13

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 2 at 10:13PM CDT until April 2 at 11:00PM CDT by NWS Chicago IL
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
April 2, 2026 - 8:13pm
Expires: 
April 2, 2026 - 9:00pm
Description: 
SVRLOT The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Will County in northeastern Illinois... Northeastern Grundy County in northeastern Illinois... Southeastern DuPage County in northeastern Illinois... South central Cook County in northeastern Illinois... * Until 1100 PM CDT. * At 1013 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Bolingbrook to near Channahon to near Mazon, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Joliet, Orland Park, Downers Grove, Romeoville, Woodridge, Lockport, New Lenox, Homer Glen, Hinsdale, and Lemont around 1020 PM CDT. Chicago, Oak Lawn, Burbank, Mokena, Palos Hills, Summit, Bridgeview, Chicago Ridge, Lyons, and Manhattan around 1025 PM CDT. Tinley Park, Midway Airport, Frankfort, Palos Heights, and Worth around 1030 PM CDT. Brighton Park around 1035 PM CDT.
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; Grundy, IL; Will, IL
Forcast Office: 
NWS Chicago IL
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov