...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 135 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF
SOUTH BELOIT TO 21 MILES WEST OF PECATONICA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
WINDS GREATER THAN 50 MPH...PEA SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
CITIES AND TOWNS AFFECTED...
LAKE SUMMERSET... DURAND... SOUTH BELOIT...
ROCKTON... PECATONICA... WINNEBAGO...
ROSCOE... MACHESNEY PARK... ROCKFORD...
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
BOONE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS...ROCK CUT STATE PARK...ROCK VALLEY
COLLEGE...ROCKFORD SPEEDWAY...WINNEBAGO COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS...
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 4249 8835 4223 8881 4223 8940 4249 8941
4251 8937
TIME...MOT...LOC 0639Z 265DEG 54KT 4269 8888 4228 8968
