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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville
835 AM CDT Wed Jul 26 2023
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Winnebago IL-McHenry IL-Boone IL-
835 AM CDT Wed Jul 26 2023
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WINNEBAGO...MCHENRY AND BOONE COUNTIES...
At 834 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Harvard to near Belvidere, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Mesonet station at Poplar Grove Airport measured a wind
gust of 60 mph at 8:29 AM CDT.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Rockford, Crystal Lake, Lake in the Hills, Belvidere, Woodstock,
Huntley, Loves Park, Machesney Park, Roscoe, Harvard, Marengo, Poplar
Grove, Hampshire, Candlewick Lake, Wonder Lake, Lakewood, Cherry
Valley, Davis Junction, Richmond and Sharon.
This includes... Boone County Fairgrounds, Mchenry County
Fairgrounds, Rock Cut State Park, Rock Valley College, Rockford
Rivets Baseball, and Rockford Speedway.
Including the following interstates...
I-39 between mile markers 115 and 123.
I-90 between mile markers 5 and 41.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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LAT...LON 4249 8830 4215 8842 4215 8911 4219 8910
4240 8901 4250 8893
TIME...MOT...LOC 1334Z 269DEG 52KT 4246 8864 4218 8881
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
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