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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
655 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.
* AT 654 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MORRISON TO NEAR GENESEO TO NEAR PRINCETON, MOVING
EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DIXON, AMBOY, FRANKLIN GROVE, ASHTON, PAW PAW, SUBLETTE, WOODHAVEN
LAKES, GRAND DETOUR, LEE, COMPTON, STEWARD, NELSON, WEST BROOKLYN,
HARMON, WOODLAND SHORES, ELDENA, LEE CENTER, AND NACHUSA.
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 4190 8963 4190 8943 4189 8942 4190 8941
4190 8936 4189 8936 4189 8894 4163 8894
4163 8917 4158 8917 4159 8963
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 222DEG 48KT 4181 9000 4146 9020 4140 8943
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
BIRK
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