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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
758 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT.
* AT 758 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WALNUT TO PRINCETON TO NEAR BUREAU JUNCTION TO
NEAR SPARLAND, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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...
DEKALB, OTTAWA, STREATOR, PERU, LA SALLE, SANDWICH, MENDOTA,
MARSEILLES, AMBOY, SHERIDAN, SHABBONA, LAKE HOLIDAY, OGLESBY,
SENECA, HINCKLEY, SOMONAUK, EARLVILLE, WATERMAN, NORTH UTICA, MAPLE
PARK, SERENA, WENONA, LELAND, PAW PAW, AND TONICA.
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.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 4189 8896 4191 8860 4111 8858 4111 8893
4093 8893 4093 8905 4110 8905 4110 8916
4158 8917 4159 8957
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 239DEG 46KT 4164 8957 4136 8947 4127 8941 4099
8949
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
BIRK
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