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WWUS83 KLOT 181845
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
145 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025
ILZ004-005-181915-
BOONE IL-MCHENRY IL-
145 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MCHENRY AND
NORTHERN BOONE COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM CDT...
AT 145 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
CAPRON, OR NEAR POPLAR GROVE, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POPLAR GROVE, HARVARD, CANDLEWICK LAKE, TIMBERLANE, CHEMUNG, CAPRON,
AND CALEDONIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 4232 8853 4233 8891 4249 8881 4249 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 270DEG 26KT 4239 8875
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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