Archive for June 7th, 2008
Tornado on the ground in Mundelein, Illinois:
AT 808 PM CDT…LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE
GROUND IN MUNDELEIN…MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
LIBERTYVILLE AT 810 PM CDT…
GREEN OAKS BY 815 PM CDT…
NORTH CHICAGO BY 820 PM CDT…
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES…EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE…LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO…TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF DAMAGE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THIS TORNADO.
This picture of a tornado was taken 5:43 on Saturday on a cellphone camera by Joni Vercellono and Tom Hawkin on Old Chicago Road, one mile south of Peotone Road.
Multiple reports of tornadoes in the Chicagoland area today:
AT 620 PM CDT…EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A LARGE TORNADO ON THE
GROUND NEAR RICHTON PARK. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
RICHTON PARK BY 625 PM CDT…
CHICAGO HEIGHTS…SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS…OLYMPIA FIELDS…AND
STEGER BY 630 PM CDT…
FORD HEIGHTS…HOMEWOOD…SAUK VILLAGE…AND EAST HAZEL CREST BY
635 PM CDT…
GLENWOOD…AND LYNWOOD BY 640 PM CDT…
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO…TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY