THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EASTERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
WESTERN MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
EASTERN OGLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 641 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINSLOW TO DAVIS TO
STILLMAN VALLEY TO 8 MILES EAST OF AMBOY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
PAW PAW AND WINNEBAGO AROUND 650 PM CDT.
ROCKFORD AIRPORT AND ROCHELLE AROUND 655 PM CDT.
SHABBONA AND ROCKFORD AROUND 700 PM CDT.
WATERMAN AND ROCKTON AROUND 705 PM CDT.
SOUTH BELOIT AND ROSCOE AROUND 710 PM CDT.
HINCKLEY AND BELVIDERE AROUND 715 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STEWARD...NEW MILLFORD...DAVIS
JUNCTION...LEE AND CRESTON.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
BOONE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS...NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY...ROCK CUT
STATE PARK...ROCK VALLEY COLLEGE...ROCKFORD RIVERHAWKS BASEBALL...
ROCKFORD SPEEDWAY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4250 8859 4171 8860 4163 8900 4163 8912
4208 8913 4246 8937 4248 8941 4250 8941
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 232DEG 38KT 4263 8962 4240 8942
4208 8922 4171 8917
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
