Sunday, May 20, 2012

Severe Weather Statement 16:24:25.5847435

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
LAKE AND MCHENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

AT 417 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HEBRON TO BULL VALLEY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

IN ADDITION...AT 400 PM....70 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED BY A TRAINED
WEATHER SPOTTER IN MARENGO WITH THESE STORMS. FURTHERMORE...QUARTER
SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN WOODSTOCK.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
SUNNYSIDE...SPRING GROVE...RICHMOND AND PISTAKEE HIGHLANDS AROUND
430 PM CDT.
FOX LAKE AROUND 435 PM CDT.
LAKE CATHERINE...CHANNEL LAKE AND ANTIOCH AROUND 440 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 2121Z 237DEG 39KT 4249 8843 4237 8834
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN