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WWUS53 KLOT 212200
SVSLOT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
500 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2026
ILC037-103-141-212300-
/O.CON.KLOT.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-260821T2300Z/
LEE IL-OGLE IL-DE KALB IL-
500 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LEE...SOUTHEASTERN OGLE AND CENTRAL DE KALB
COUNTIES...
AT 459 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCHELLE,
MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR 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 2159Z 281DEG 18KT 4188 8900
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
RC
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