TORLOT

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 716 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR KIRKLAND...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF BELVIDERE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
KINGSTON AROUND 720 PM CDT.
BELVIDERE AROUND 725 PM CDT.
MARENGO AROUND 745 PM CDT.

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...
I-90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 43 AND 56.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 4209 8874 4221 8890 4236 8874 4231 8862
4222 8855
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 227DEG 36KT 4213 8890

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.75IN

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