...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
COOK...WESTERN LAKE...DUPAGE...DE KALB...BOONE...EASTERN WINNEBAGO...
NORTHWESTERN WILL...SOUTHEASTERN OGLE...MCHENRY...NORTHERN KENDALL
AND KANE COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
AT 315 PM CDT...NWS-88D DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS TO 75 MPH. A TRAINED SPOTTER 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ROCKFORD MEASURED WINDS AT 75 MPH.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHERRY VALLEY
TO MALTA TO SOMONAUK...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
OSWEGO...MARENGO...HARVARD...AURORA...GENEVA...BATAVIA...ST.
CHARLES...DUPAGE AIRPORT...WEST CHICAGO...ELGIN...NAPERVILLE...
SLEEPY HOLLOW...WOODSTOCK...BOLINGBROOK...EAST DUNDEE...
CARPENTERSVILLE...LISLE...ALGONQUIN...WHEATON AND CAROL STREAM.
THOSE ATTENDING THE OUTDOOR EVENTS THAT ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS AND SHOULD PREPARE FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS.
THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES MAY BE IMPACTED...
I-90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 76.
I-88 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND 125.
I-55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 263 AND 268.
I-39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND 123.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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LAT...LON 4250 8811 4197 8800 4165 8804 4163 8860
4163 8894 4189 8894 4189 8897 4250 8904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 264DEG 46KT 4223 8878 4200 8859
4164 8843
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN
