...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LEE...
DE KALB...BOONE...WINNEBAGO...EASTERN OGLE AND WESTERN MCHENRY
COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...
AT 710 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELOIT TO 9 MILES WEST OF
BELOIT TO ROSCOE TO MALTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. A GUST TO 56 MPH WAS MEASURED AT THE
ROCKFORD AIRPORT AT AROUND 705 PM CDT WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS.
SEVERAL SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED SWIRLING DUST AND DEBRIS ALONG THE
LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
CORTLAND AND KIRKLAND AROUND 720 PM CDT.
SYCAMORE AND POPLAR GROVE AROUND 725 PM CDT.
GENOA AND CAPRON AROUND 730 PM CDT.
MARENGO AND HARVARD AROUND 745 PM CDT.
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 0014Z 222DEG 40KT 4284 8925 4258 8916
4242 8894 4195 8888
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
