618  
WFUS53 KLOT 182104  
TORLOT  
ILC089-182130-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.TO.W.0014.250818T2104Z-250818T2130Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
404 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
NORTHWESTERN KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 404 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO  
WAS LOCATED OVER HAMPSHIRE, OR 7 MILES EAST OF GENOA, MOVING EAST  
AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.  
 
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT  
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.  
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE  
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.  
 
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...  
HUNTLEY, HAMPSHIRE, AND PINGREE GROVE AROUND 410 PM CDT.  
ELGIN AND GILBERTS AROUND 415 PM CDT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST  
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A  
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER  
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4204 8836 4204 8860 4207 8860 4207 8859  
4209 8859 4215 8838  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 260DEG 23KT 4207 8855  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
 

 
 
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