Severe Thunderstorm Warning Illinois | Effective 04/02/2026 20:52

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 2 at 10:52PM CDT until April 3 at 12:00AM CDT by NWS Chicago IL
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
April 2, 2026 - 8:52pm
Expires: 
April 2, 2026 - 10:00pm
Description: 
SVRLOT The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Will County in northeastern Illinois... East central Grundy County in northeastern Illinois... Northeastern Kankakee County in northeastern Illinois... Southeastern Cook County in northeastern Illinois... * Until midnight CDT. * At 1052 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Mokena to near Manhattan to 6 miles southeast of Elwood to Gardner, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Tinley Park, Chicago Heights, Oak Forest, Harvey, Park Forest, Homewood, Matteson, Frankfort, Braidwood, and Wilmington around 1100 PM CDT. Peotone, South Holland, Glenwood, Posen, Dixmoor, Thornton, and Phoenix around 1105 PM CDT. Calumet City, Lansing, Dolton, Steger, Riverdale, Sauk Village, Lynwood, Crete, and Ford Heights around 1110 PM CDT. Manteno and Beecher around 1120 PM CDT.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Cook, IL; Grundy, IL; Kankakee, IL; Will, IL
Forcast Office: 
NWS Chicago IL
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov