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WFUS53 KLOT 172207
TORLOT
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
507 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.
* AT 507 PM CDT, A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER ROCKTON, MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MACHESNEY PARK, ROSCOE, SOUTH BELOIT, AND ROCKTON AROUND 515 PM
CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT, A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4249 8871 4237 8871 4235 8904 4250 8913
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 252DEG 30KT 4243 8910
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.75 IN
YACK
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