BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
703 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
NORTHWESTERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
WESTERN DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
NORTHERN KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
WESTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
NORTHERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
EASTERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS…
SOUTHEASTERN OGLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
EASTERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
* UNTIL 800 AM CDT
* AT 658 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF DURAND TO WINNEBAGO TO FRANKLIN GROVE TO 5 MILES WEST OF WALTON… AND MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ROCHELLE…BELVIDERE…GENOA…DE KALB…HARVARD…MARENGO…
SHABBONA…SYCAMORE…WOODSTOCK…WONDER LAKE…ALGONQUIN…
MCHENRY…SANDWICH…SLEEPY HOLLOW…LITTLE ROCK…
CARPENTERSVILLE…ELGIN…EAST DUNDEE…PISTAKEE HIGHLANDS AND
ISLAND LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR…LARGE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTNING…AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.