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WWUS53 KLOT 180150
SVSLOT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
850 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
ILC037-099-180215-
/O.CON.KLOT.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-260418T0215Z/
LA SALLE IL-DE KALB IL-
850 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LA SALLE AND SOUTHERN DE KALB COUNTIES...
AT 850 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 MALTA TO NEAR HINCKLEY TO NEAR LAKE HOLIDAY
TO NEAR SERENA, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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...
DEKALB, SYCAMORE, SANDWICH, CORTLAND, HINCKLEY, AND MAPLE PARK
AROUND 855 PM CDT.
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 4140 8882 4151 8878 4171 8881 4188 8894
4193 8887 4200 8860 4147 8860
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 241DEG 49KT 4189 8883 4174 8870 4159 8863 4145
8869
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
IZZI
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