...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 120 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 23 MILES NORTH OF WINTHROP
HARBOR TO 12 MILES NORTH OF LAKE CATHERINE TO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
RICHMOND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
CITIES AND TOWNS AFFECTED...RICHMOND AROUND 145 AM...WINTHROP
HARBOR...SUNNYSIDE...AND SPRING GROVE AROUND 200 AM...ZION...
WADSWORTH...AND VENETIAN VILLAGE AROUND 215 AM AND NORTH CHICAGO
AROUND 230 AM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS 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 8780 4249 8779 4245 8779 4239 8780
4235 8782 4233 8782 4233 8781 4230 8782
4226 8782 4222 8797 4249 8840 4250 8829
TIME...MOT...LOC 0625Z 301DEG 27KT 4278 8764 4264 8809
4258 8847
