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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
716 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.
* AT 716 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SOUTH BELOIT TO ROCKFORD AIRPORT TO STERLING,
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELGIN, DEKALB, BARTLETT, CRYSTAL LAKE, CARPENTERSVILLE, ST.
CHARLES, ALGONQUIN, LAKE IN THE HILLS, WEST CHICAGO, MCHENRY,
BELVIDERE, WOODSTOCK, HUNTLEY, LOVES PARK, SYCAMORE, CAMPTON HILLS,
FOX LAKE, HARVARD, ISLAND LAKE, MARENGO, POPLAR GROVE, GENOA, SOUTH
ELGIN, CARY, AND PINGREE GROVE.
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
AND NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 4249 8820 4216 8820 4215 8824 4207 8824
4207 8826 4190 8826 4189 8894 4250 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 269DEG 44KT 4248 8896 4221 8913 4182 8969
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
YACK
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