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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
639 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
OGLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.
* AT 639 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CEDARVILLE TO NEAR SHANNON TO NEAR CHADWICK,
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKFORD, LOVES PARK, MACHESNEY PARK, ROSCOE, ROCHELLE, SOUTH
BELOIT, ROCKTON, BYRON, OREGON, MOUNT MORRIS, POLO, ROCKFORD
AIRPORT, CHERRY VALLEY, WINNEBAGO, DAVIS JUNCTION, PECATONICA,
FORRESTON, DURAND, HILLCREST, STILLMAN VALLEY, LOST NATION, NEW
MILFORD, CRESTON, LINDENWOOD, AND MONROE CENTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 4249 8894 4189 8894 4189 8936 4190 8936
4189 8943 4190 8942 4191 8946 4190 8963
4193 8963 4193 8969 4220 8969 4220 8940
4250 8940
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 267DEG 31KT 4243 8961 4221 8971 4204 8985
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
YACK
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