Sunday, May 20, 2012

Severe Weather Statement 16:36:23.5918517

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

AT 430 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PELL LAKE TO MCCULLOM LAKE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
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 4237 8866 4250 8855 4249 8794 4220 8857
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 237DEG 39KT 4255 8834 4243 8825
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN