281  
WUUS53 KLOT 212045  
SVRLOT  
ILC007-201-212145-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.SV.W.0259.260821T2045Z-260821T2145Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
345 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
EASTERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 344 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MACHESNEY  
PARK, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE  
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
ROCKFORD, BELVIDERE, LOVES PARK, MACHESNEY PARK, ROSCOE, POPLAR  
GROVE, CANDLEWICK LAKE, CHERRY VALLEY, CAPRON, TIMBERLANE, GARDEN  
PRAIRIE, AND CALEDONIA.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4241 8871 4225 8870 4215 8871 4215 8893  
4225 8918 4243 8916  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 286DEG 22KT 4233 8912  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
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