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WFUS53 KLOT 180129
TORLOT
ILC037-099-180215-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
829 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT.
* AT 828 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ASHTON TO NEAR
MENDOTA TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF EARLVILLE TO NEAR NORTH UTICA, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 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...
EARLVILLE AROUND 835 PM CDT.
SHERIDAN, SHABBONA, SERENA, AND LELAND AROUND 840 PM CDT.
SANDWICH, LAKE HOLIDAY, SOMONAUK, AND WATERMAN AROUND 845 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE TORNADIC STORMS INCLUDE DEKALB,
MALTA, SYCAMORE, CORTLAND, HINCKLEY AND MAPLE PARK.
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 4147 8860 4135 8895 4188 8894 4193 8887
4200 8860
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 242DEG 44KT 4175 8916 4159 8905 4147 8894 4133
8898
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
BIRK
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