Sunday, April 15, 2012

Special Weather Statement 01:32:22.548657.6

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 130 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF CAPRON TO
14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAW PAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POPLAR GROVE... ROCHELLE... HILLCREST...
CHERRY VALLEY... LOVES PARK... ASHTON...
ROCKFORD... ROCKFORD AIRPORT... ROSCOE...

THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED...
BOONE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS...CHAIN O LAKES STATE PARK...MCHENRY COUNTY
COLLEGE...MCHENRY COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS...MORRAIN HILLS STATE PARK...
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY...ROCK CUT STATE PARK...AND ROCK VALLEY
COLLEGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS 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.

LAT...LON 4186 8842 4153 8917 4158 8918 4158 8936
4247 8899 4250 8892 4250 8813
TIME...MOT...LOC 0631Z 241DEG 47KT 4255 8873 4156 8917