Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Status
New Event ExpiredStart Time
Sun 03/30/2025 03:28 PM EDTEnd Time
Sun 03/30/2025 04:45 PM EDTSignificance
WarningStorm Location
3 mi NE of Sheldon, ILStorm Motion
Moving NE at 52 mphImpacts
High impact
| Tornado | possible |
| Thunderstorm damage threat | considerable |
| Hail threat | radar indicated |
| Max hail size | <.75 in |
| Wind threat | radar indicated |
| Max wind gust | 70 mph |
Locations Affected
Dune Acres, IN ∙ Beverly Shores, IN ∙ DeMotte, IN ∙ Boone Grove, IN ∙ Wheatfield, IN ∙ Brook, IN ∙ Sheldon, IL ∙ Portage, IN ∙ Lincoln Hills, IN ∙ Valparaiso Porter County Municipal Airport, INFull Alert Message
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville 228 PM CDT Sun Mar 30 2025 The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... East central Iroquois County in east central Illinois... Southeastern Newton County in northwestern Indiana... Porter County in northwestern Indiana... East central Lake County in northwestern Indiana... Northern Jasper County in northwestern Indiana... * Until 345 PM CDT. * At 228 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sheldon, or near Kentland, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Wheatfield, Chesterton, Valparaiso, Town of Pines, Beverly Shores, Brook, Stoutsburg, DeMotte, Fair Oaks, Dunns Bridge, Hebron, Porter, Dune Acres, Wheeler, Lakes of the Four Seasons, Kouts, Boone Grove, Portage, South Haven, Mount Ayr, Burns Harbor, Ogden Dunes, Parr, Sheldon, and Iroquois. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for east central Illinois...and northwestern Indiana. && LAT...LON 4070 8757 4087 8761 4099 8729 4121 8729 4123 8723 4162 8723 4165 8710 4171 8693 4118 8693 TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 221DEG 45KT 4079 8751 TORNADO...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH