392  
WUUS53 KLOT 212155  
SVRLOT  
ILC037-103-141-212300-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.SV.W.0261.260821T2155Z-260821T2300Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
455 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
SOUTHEASTERN OGLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
CENTRAL DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 455 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCHELLE,  
MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST 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...  
DEKALB, ROCHELLE, SHABBONA, CORTLAND, HINCKLEY, WATERMAN,  
HILLCREST, MAPLE PARK, MALTA, CRESTON, LEE, AND STEWARD.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
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.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4198 8907 4194 8860 4170 8860 4178 8894  
4183 8910  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 281DEG 24KT 4188 8900  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
RC  
 
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