109  
WWUS83 KLOT 182325  
SPSLOT  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
625 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
ILZ003-008-182345-  
WINNEBAGO IL-OGLE IL-  
625 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN OGLE AND  
SOUTHWESTERN WINNEBAGO COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM CDT...  
 
AT 624 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR PECATONICA TO NEAR OREGON. MOVEMENT WAS  
EAST AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
BYRON, LEAF RIVER, PECATONICA, ROCKFORD AIRPORT, WINNEBAGO, SEWARD,  
STILLMAN VALLEY, DAVIS JUNCTION, OREGON, AND ROCKFORD.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD  
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR  
NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4234 8910 4202 8909 4202 8940 4220 8941  
4220 8940 4232 8940  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 266DEG 40KT 4235 8936 4207 8935  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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