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WWUS53 KLOT 180113 RRA
SVSLOT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
813 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
ILC099-103-180145-
/O.CON.KLOT.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-260418T0145Z/
LA SALLE IL-LEE IL-
813 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LA SALLE AND SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTIES...
AT 813 PM CDT, A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LA MOILLE TO NEAR LADD TO NEAR GRANVILLE,
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 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.
THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
PERU, LA SALLE, MENDOTA, OGLESBY, NORTH UTICA, SUBLETTE, AND
WOODHAVEN LAKES AROUND 820 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE TORNADIC STORMS INCLUDE
EARLVILLE AND PAW PAW.
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.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4189 8894 4136 8893 4123 8916 4158 8917
4159 8951
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 236DEG 50KT 4159 8933 4142 8921 4125 8919
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
BIRK
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