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WFUS53 KLOT 180009
TORLOT
ILC007-201-180045-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
709 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 745 PM CDT.
* AT 709 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ROCKTON, MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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...
LOVES PARK, MACHESNEY PARK, ROSCOE, SOUTH BELOIT, POPLAR GROVE,
AND CANDLEWICK LAKE AROUND 715 PM CDT.
CAPRON AROUND 725 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 4249 8871 4234 8871 4232 8917 4249 8919
4250 8912
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 267DEG 46KT 4241 8907
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
YACK
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