Expires:202505160215;Remove:202505160215;583482 WWUS53 KLOT 160159 SVSLOT Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville 859 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025 INC089-127-160215- /O.CON.KLOT.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-250516T0215Z/ Porter IN-Lake IN- 859 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PORTER AND SOUTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTIES... At 859 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Valparaiso, moving northeast at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters reported tree damage in Crown Point. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Chesterton, Boone Grove, Winfield, Portage, South Haven, Valparaiso, Town of Pines, Beverly Shores, Burns Harbor, Merrillville, Hobart, Hebron, Porter, Dune Acres, Malden, Wheeler, Lakes of the Four Seasons, Crown Point, and Lowell. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northwestern Indiana. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 4125 8742 4151 8731 4160 8717 4165 8710 4171 8693 4140 8693 TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 242DEG 63KT 4148 8711 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...OBSERVED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ DK