PECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 609 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 ILZ014-020>022-232345-COOK IL-GRUNDY IL-KENDALL IL-WILL IL-609 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 605 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM JOLIET TO COAL CITY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. UP TO PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. CITIES AND TOWNS AFFECTED... CHANNAHON... JOLIET... MINOOKA... SHOREWOOD... ROCKDALE... COAL CITY... DIAMOND... INGALLS PARK... NEW LENOX... OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED... CHANNAHON STATE PARK...CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY ROUTE 66 RACEWAY...JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE...JOLIET SLAMMERS BASEBALL...UNIVERSITY OF ST. FRANCIS...WILLIAM G. STRATTON STATE PARK... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
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