...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 551 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROSCOE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF
MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROSCOE... SOUTH BELOIT... MACHESNEY PARK...
LOVES PARK... POPLAR GROVE... CAPRON...
HARVARD... MARENGO... HEBRON...
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED...
BOONE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS...ROCK CUT STATE PARK...ROCK VALLEY
COLLEGE...ROCKFORD RIVERHAWKS BASEBALL AND ROCKFORD SPEEDWAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS 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 THIS STORM
HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 4249 8836 4216 8855 4234 8912 4250 8904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 291DEG 32KT 4243 8894
