...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 916 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MACHESNEY PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
CITIES AND TOWNS AFFECTED...
ROSCOE... MACHESNEY PARK... ROCKTON...
LOVES PARK... SOUTH BELOIT...
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
ROCK CUT STATE PARK...ROCK VALLEY COLLEGE...ROCKFORD RIVERHAWKS
BASEBALL...ROCKFORD SPEEDWAY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. 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 4250 8885 4250 8854 4223 8916 4238 8929
4250 8906
TIME...MOT...LOC 1416Z 237DEG 39KT 4237 8910
