TORLOT

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EAST CENTRAL WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 636 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CHERRY VALLEY...OR NEAR ROCKFORD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CHERRY VALLEY AROUND 640 PM CDT.
BELVIDERE AROUND 645 PM CDT.
LOVES PARK AROUND 650 PM CDT.
TIMBERLANE AND CALEDONIA AROUND 655 PM CDT.
POPLAR GROVE AROUND 700 PM CDT.

THIS INCLUDES... BOONE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-39 NEAR MILE MARKER 123.
I-90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 65.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4229 8870 4225 8870 4219 8892 4228 8900
4242 8883
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 234DEG 28KT 4221 8898

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

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