Tornado Warning

Until 7:45 PM in McHenry County.

That means one has been sighted on the ground.  (A trained tornado spotter tells me this is not correct.  A warning can be issued when conditions are ripe for the formation of a tornado.  I’ll know next time.)

Area under a tornado warning unt6il 7:45 Sunday night.

TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
654 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

Here's the leading edge of the storm as it passed over our Lakewood home.

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
EASTERN BOONE COUNTY…
NORTHEASTERN DE KALB COUNTY…
MCHENRY COUNTY…
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 650 PM…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAIN-WRAPPED
TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE.
THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCKTON TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCKTON TO
ROCKFORD TO ROCKFORD AIRPORT TO STILLMAN VALLEY…AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR…
CAPRON AROUND 710 PM.
MARENGO AND HARVARD AROUND 715 PM.
WOODSTOCK AROUND 720 PM.
WONDER LAKE…HEBRON AND BULL VALLEY AROUND 725 PM.
RICHMOND…MCHENRY…MCCULLOM LAKE AND LAKEWOOD AROUND 730 PM.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE UNION AND CRYSTAL LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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


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