THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
WESTERN DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
WESTERN KANKAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
EASTERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN OGLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
WESTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT

* AT 1156 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 FRANKLIN GROVE TO NAPLATE
TO TREMONT...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS WESTERN ILLINOIS
WITH THESE LINE OF STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCHELLE...MARSEILLES...SERENA...SENECA...SHABBONA...SANDWICH...
MORRIS...DE KALB...LITTLE ROCK...PLANO...SYCAMORE...GENOA...
PONTIAC...YORKVILLE...DWIGHT...MINOOKA...CHANNAHON...WILMINGTON...
OSWEGO AND PLAINFIELD.

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.