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WWUS53 KLOT 180115
SVSLOT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
815 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
ILC007-037-089-111-180130-
/O.CON.KLOT.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-260418T0130Z/
DE KALB IL-KANE IL-MCHENRY IL-BOONE IL-
815 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN DE KALB...NORTHERN KANE...MCHENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN BOONE
COUNTIES...
AT 814 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR TWIN LAKES TO NEAR MARENGO TO NEAR MALTA, 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, SYCAMORE, CAMPTON HILLS, FOX LAKE, HARVARD,
ISLAND LAKE, MARENGO, GENOA, SOUTH ELGIN, CARY, PINGREE GROVE,
GILBERTS, AND WEST DUNDEE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.
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.
LAT...LON 4249 8820 4216 8820 4215 8824 4207 8824
4207 8826 4190 8826 4189 8894 4215 8894
4249 8856
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 257DEG 45KT 4248 8821 4220 8858 4198 8890
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
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