507  
WUUS53 KLOT 212329  
SVRLOT  
ILC099-220015-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.SV.W.0263.260821T2329Z-260822T0015Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE  
629 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTHWESTERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 628 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MENDOTA,  
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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...  
PERU, LA SALLE, MENDOTA, NORTH UTICA, TROY GROVE, PRAIRIE CENTER,  
AND TRIUMPH.  
 
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 4155 8917 4158 8902 4144 8883 4140 8884  
4139 8885 4132 8916  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 315DEG 15KT 4150 8906  
 
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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