564  
WWUS53 KLOT 212250  
SVSLOT  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
550 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2026  
 
ILC037-099-103-212330-  
/O.CON.KLOT.SV.W.0262.000000T0000Z-260821T2330Z/  
LA SALLE IL-LEE IL-DE KALB IL-  
550 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT  
FOR NORTHWESTERN LA SALLE...SOUTHEASTERN LEE AND SOUTHWESTERN DE KALB  
COUNTIES...  
 
AT 550 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PAW PAW, OR 7  
MILES NORTHEAST OF MENDOTA, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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...  
MENDOTA, EARLVILLE, LELAND, PAW PAW, SUBLETTE, COMPTON, TROY GROVE,  
WEST BROOKLYN, PRAIRIE CENTER, TRIUMPH, AND HARDING.  
 
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 4174 8913 4166 8872 4150 8878 4146 8892  
4143 8917 4158 8917 4159 8923 4164 8925  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 300DEG 24KT 4165 8905  
 
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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