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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
905 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
WESTERN KANKAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
FORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
WESTERN IROQUOIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT.
* AT 904 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WENONA TO NEAR HUDSON TO NEAR
BLOOMINGTON, MOVING EAST AT 55 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...
JOLIET, NEW LENOX, STREATOR, CHANNAHON, PONTIAC, MINOOKA,
BRAIDWOOD, WILMINGTON, PAXTON, DWIGHT, FAIRBURY, GIBSON CITY,
GILMAN, HERSCHER, CLIFTON, CHATSWORTH, MANHATTAN, DIAMOND, ELWOOD,
LIMESTONE, ONARGA, LAKEWOOD SHORES, FORREST, FLANAGAN, AND
CHEBANSE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL,
NORTHEASTERN AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 4062 8846 4062 8857 4076 8858 4075 8893
4110 8893 4111 8824 4148 8825 4150 8792
4083 8790 4049 8791 4049 8794 4040 8793
4040 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 261DEG 47KT 4111 8897 4065 8906 4040 8900
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
BIRK
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