...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 120 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SOUTH BELOIT TO
PECATONICA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
CITIES AND TOWNS AFFECTED...ROSCOE...AND PECATONICA AROUND 130 AM...
WINNEBAGO...MACHESNEY PARK...AND LOVES PARK AROUND 140 AM...
ROCKFORD...POPLAR GROVE AND HARVARD AROUND 150 AM.
I-90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 76.
I-39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 110 AND 123.
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 THESE
STORMS HAVE PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 4250 8858 4235 8821 4207 8905 4220 8941
4238 8940 4250 8911
TIME...MOT...LOC 0622Z 299DEG 26KT 4252 8884 4231 8945
