792  
WWUS53 KLOT 121358  
SVSLOT  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
858 AM CDT WED AUG 12 2026  
 
ILC037-103-141-121445-  
/O.CON.KLOT.SV.W.0251.000000T0000Z-260812T1445Z/  
LEE IL-OGLE IL-DE KALB IL-  
858 AM CDT WED AUG 12 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT  
FOR EASTERN LEE...SOUTHEASTERN OGLE AND DE KALB COUNTIES...  
 
AT 858 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ASHTON TO NEAR ROCHELLE TO PAW PAW TO NEAR  
EARLVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED  
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 88.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
DEKALB, SYCAMORE, ROCHELLE, SANDWICH, SHABBONA, CORTLAND, HINCKLEY,  
SOMONAUK, WATERMAN, HILLCREST, MAPLE PARK, MALTA, PAW PAW, CRESTON,  
LEE, COMPTON, STEWARD, AND WEST BROOKLYN.  
 
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.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4194 8916 4206 8860 4163 8860 4163 8917  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1358Z 264DEG 38KT 4190 8916 4184 8906 4170 8896 4153  
8888  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
BORCHARDT  
 
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