New Warning

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED


SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1044 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

NORTHWESTERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

LEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

SOUTHEASTERN OGLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

SOUTHEASTERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 1042 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL

SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS

WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KIRKLAND TO OREGON TO DEER

GROVE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

WALTON...ROCHELLE...FRANKLIN GROVE...ASHTON...HILLCREST...AMBOY...

PAW PAW...CRESTON...STEWARD...SUBLETTE...WEST BROOKLYN AND COMPTON.



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.