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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville
706 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

ILC011-015-073-161-195-180045-
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Rock Island IL-Whiteside IL-Henry IL-Carroll IL-Bureau IL-
706 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ROCK ISLAND...WHITESIDE...NORTHERN HENRY...
SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL AND NORTHWESTERN BUREAU COUNTIES...

At 706 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Hitt to near Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park, moving
east at 45 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Sterling, Rock Falls, Morrison, Geneseo, Colona, Fulton,
Prophetstown, Erie, Garden Plain, Milledgeville, Fairhaven, Albany,
Tampico, Lyndon, Chadwick, Hooppole, Cleveland, Coleta, Deer Grove,
and East Clinton.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 80 in Illinois between mile markers 6 and 9.
 Interstate 88 between mile markers 14 and 44.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for north central
and northwestern Illinois...and east central Iowa.

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.

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LAT...LON 4145 9036 4151 9035 4154 9020 4157 9018
      4159 9019 4159 9017 4165 9016 4168 9023
      4175 9025 4178 9024 4181 9018 4184 9018
      4190 9015 4206 8996 4206 8968 4193 8969
      4193 8963 4146 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 270DEG 39KT 4200 8974 4135 8992 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

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