...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HARVARD TO POPLAR
GROVE TO ROCKFORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
UP TO PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
CITIES AND TOWNS AFFECTED...
LOVES PARK... MACHESNEY PARK... ROCKFORD...
POPLAR GROVE... CAPRON... HARVARD...
HEBRON... CHERRY VALLEY... BELVIDERE...
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
BOONE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS...ROCK CUT STATE PARK...ROCK VALLEY
COLLEGE...ROCKFORD RIVERHAWKS BASEBALL...ROCKFORD SPEEDWAY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS 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 4232 8857 4219 8886 4228 8922 4239 8903
4250 8877 4250 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 282DEG 20KT 4250 8864 4236 8888
4228 8912
