Sunday, May 20, 2012

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16:07:24.5746356

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 404 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HARVARD TO MARENGO...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WOODSTOCK AROUND 415 PM CDT.
BULL VALLEY AROUND 420 PM CDT.
HEBRON...WONDER LAKE AND MCHENRY AROUND 425 PM CDT.
MCCULLOM LAKE AROUND 430 PM CDT.
SUNNYSIDE...SPRING GROVE...RICHMOND AND PISTAKEE HIGHLANDS AROUND
435 PM CDT.
FOX LAKE AROUND 440 PM CDT.
LAKE CATHERINE...CHANNEL LAKE AND ANTIOCH AROUND 445 PM CDT.

THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED...
CHAIN O LAKES STATE PARK AND MCHENRY COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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LAT...LON 4249 8794 4220 8857 4239 8869 4250 8858
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 238DEG 36KT 4237 8863 4225 8854
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN