...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LEE...WESTERN
DE KALB...BOONE...WINNEBAGO...OGLE AND NORTHWESTERN LA SALLE COUNTIES
UNTIL 715 AM CDT...

AT 645 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 7 MILES NORTH OF LAKE SUMMERSET
TO PECATONICA TO MOUNT MORRIS TO ROCK FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DIXON...OREGON...WALTON...ROCKTON...ROCKFORD AIRPORT...ROCKFORD...
MACHESNEY PARK...SOUTH BELOIT...LOVES PARK...ROCHELLE...
BELVIDERE...SHABBONA...WINNEBAGO...BYRON...STILLMAN VALLEY...
FRANKLIN GROVE...AMBOY...ASHTON...ROSCOE AND CHERRY VALLEY.

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.