Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Severe Weather Statement for McHenry Co., IL

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville
723 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

/O.CON.KLOT.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-210811T0100Z/
Lake IL-Kane IL-McHenry IL-DuPage IL-Cook IL-
723 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR LAKE...KANE...MCHENRY...NORTHERN DUPAGE AND NORTHWESTERN COOK
COUNTIES...

At 722 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Channel Lake to near Streamwood, moving east at
50 mph. These storms have a history of producing severe wind
gusts and wind damage across far northern Illinois.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Chicago, Elgin, Waukegan, Arlington Heights, Evanston, Schaumburg,
Palatine, Skokie, Des Plaines, Mount Prospect, Wheaton, Hoffman
Estates, Glenview, Elmhurst, Lombard, Buffalo Grove, Bartlett,
Crystal Lake, Ohare Airport and Streamwood.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 4249 8780 4238 8781 4236 8783 4227 8783
4213 8774 4206 8767 4203 8767 4188 8791
4187 8860 4206 8860 4207 8859 4215 8859
4215 8860 4250 8858
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 250DEG 43KT 4250 8819 4202 8822

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

OEMC zones...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING.
1...2...and 3.
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