...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 814 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 19 MILES NORTH OF HEBRON TO SOUTH BELOIT TO 19 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LAKE SUMMERSET...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THEY WILL REACH THE
WISCONSIN BORDER AROUND 845 PM CDT AND A LINE FROM ROCKFORD TO
CRYSTAL LAKE TO MUNDELEIN AROUND 915 PM CDT.
WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
CITIES AND TOWNS AFFECTED...
SOUTH BELOIT... LAKE SUMMERSET... ROCKTON...
DURAND... ROSCOE... HARVARD...
CAPRON... HEBRON... RICHMOND...
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
BOONE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS...CHAIN O LAKES STATE PARK...COLLEGE OF LAKE
COUNTY...GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING CENTER...IL BEACH STATE PARK...
LAKE COUNTY FIELDERS BASEBALL...
I-90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 76.
I-39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 123.
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 4227 8782 4215 8776 4216 8917
4220 8917 4220 8940 4250 8941
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 312DEG 43KT 4271 8844 4256 8888
4254 8969
