089  
WFUS53 KLOT 180104  
TORLOT  
ILC097-180200-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.TO.W.0020.260418T0104Z-260418T0200Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
804 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 804 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO  
WAS LOCATED NEAR WONDER LAKE, OR NEAR MCHENRY, MOVING EAST AT 40  
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...  
FOX LAKE AND PISTAKEE HIGHLANDS AROUND 810 PM CDT.  
ROUND LAKE BEACH, ROUND LAKE, ANTIOCH, LAKE VILLA, LONG LAKE,  
VOLO, AND CHANNEL LAKE AROUND 815 PM CDT.  
GRAYSLAKE, LINDENHURST, ROUND LAKE PARK, VENETIAN VILLAGE, AND  
THIRD LAKE AROUND 820 PM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE  
GURNEE, GAGES LAKE, GRANDWOOD PARK, WAUKEGAN, WADSWORTH, ZION, BEACH  
PARK AND PARK CITY.  
 
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 8780 4246 8780 4239 8781 4236 8781  
4236 8782 4237 8782 4233 8783 4235 8820  
4250 8820  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 273DEG 34KT 4243 8833  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
 

 
 
YACK  
 
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