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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville
701 PM CDT Thu Apr 2 2026

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Ogle County in north central Illinois...
  Northern De Kalb County in north central Illinois...
  Northern Kane County in northeastern Illinois...
  McHenry County in northeastern Illinois...
  Southern Boone County in north central Illinois...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 700 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Belvidere to near Kirkland to 7 miles north of
  Malta to near Hillcrest to Rochelle, moving northeast at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Rochelle, Marengo, Genoa, Kirkland, Hillcrest, and Kingston around 
  705 PM CDT.
  Harvard around 710 PM CDT.
  Woodstock around 715 PM CDT.
  Huntley, Hampshire, Wonder Lake, Hebron, and Bull Valley around 
  720 PM CDT.
  Crystal Lake, Lake in the Hills, McHenry, Johnsburg, Lakewood, 
  Richmond, and McCullom Lake around 725 PM CDT.
  Fox Lake, Lakemoor, Spring Grove, Pistakee Highlands, and Prairie 
  Grove around 730 PM CDT.
  Island Lake around 735 PM CDT.
  Algonquin around 740 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Greenwood, Lindenwood, Fairdale, Union, Kings, Monroe Center, Trout
Valley, Burlington, Holiday Hills, and Ridgefield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for north central
and northeastern Illinois.

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LAT...LON 4249 8820 4216 8820 4215 8824 4214 8824
      4200 8854 4191 8895 4189 8918 4196 8919
      4207 8913 4215 8894 4225 8893 4250 8855
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 238DEG 53KT 4228 8881 4213 8883 4204 8890 4202
8908 4191 8908

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

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