...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
DE KALB...BOONE...NORTHWESTERN GRUNDY...SOUTHEASTERN WINNEBAGO...
NORTHERN OGLE...WESTERN MCHENRY...NORTHEASTERN LA SALLE...KENDALL AND
KANE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...
AT 523 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MARENGO TO WAYNE TO NAPERVILLE TO MAZON...AND MOVING
EAST AT 70 MPH.
THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS.
HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE
DANGEROUS TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND
POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF BOONE...
KANE...KENDALL...NORTHEASTERN DE KALB...NORTHEASTERN LA SALLE...
NORTHERN OGLE...NORTHWESTERN GRUNDY...SOUTHEASTERN WINNEBAGO AND
WESTERN MCHENRY COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH TORNADO LIKE WIND
SPEEDS EXPECTED. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE
OVERTURNED. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE
SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.
INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN SOMETIMES PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND
SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.
&&
LAT...LON 4210 8835 4166 8830 4143 8835 4136 8884
4140 8877 4166 8866 4198 8880 4211 8913
4208 8945 4210 8950 4229 8927 4250 8892
4250 8868
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 255DEG 62KT 4225 8848 4196 8815
4176 8809 4131 8838
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...80MPH