Strong storms early Saturday morning

8:25am:  Severe Thunderstorm Warning for McHenry and DeKalb counties has been allowed to expire.  Still expect heavy rainfall as well as possible pea sized hail

8:15am:  Severe Thunderstorm Warning canceled for Boone county but continues for McHenry and northeast DeKalb counties. Storm near Marengo will continue to move northeast.  Watch for heavy rainfall as well as hail with this storm.  The storm will be near Woodstock shortly.  There are also a few radar returns popping up in Lee and DeKalb counties that may need to be watched. 

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains for Boone, McHenry and far northeast DeKalb county early this morning.  The main threat with this line will be hail, some of which could be large.

Currently the back edge of this line is moving out of Rock and Boone counties.  Look for the heavy rainfall and hail threat soon into Woodstock and Marengo.

0859 AM     HAIL             1 SW SYCAMORE           
03/17/2012  E0.50 INCH       DE KALB            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0815 AM HAIL MARENGO E0.88 INCH MCHENRY ESTIMATED MARBLE TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL...WHICH FELL FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES.

0715 AM HAIL MARENGO 03/17/2012 E0.88 INCH

MCHENRY IL

LAW ENFORCEMENT ESTIMATED MARBLE TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL...WHICH FELL FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES.

8:00am: Pea sized hail reported in Capron (Boone, Co)

(7:47 AM) 3 E Belvidere [Boone Co, IL] public reports HAIL of quarter size (E1.00 INCH) at 07:35 AM CDT — hail ranged from half inch to one inch

(7:20 AM) Belvidere [Boone Co, IL] emergency mngr reports HAIL of half inch size (E0.50 INCH) at 07:10 AM CDT — estimated 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch hail.

(7:15 AM) Belvidere [Boone Co, IL] trained spotter reports HAIL of pea size (E0.25 INCH) at 07:10 AM CDT –

(7:14 AM) Belvidere [Boone Co, IL] amateur radio reports HAIL of quarter size (E1.00 INCH) at 07:10 AM CDT –

(7:07 AM) Loves Park [Winnebago Co, IL] law enforcement reports HAIL of nickel size (E0.88 INCH) at 06:37 AM CDT — lasted for a few minutes.

(7:00 AM)  5 S Loves Park [Winnebago Co, IL] public reports HAIL of quarter size (E1.00 INCH) at 06:40 AM CDT –

(6:47 AM)  1 Ne Rockford [Winnebago Co, IL] broadcast media reports HAIL of nickel size (E0.88 INCH) at 06:43 AM CDT –

(6:42 AM) Rockford [Winnebago Co, IL] trained spotter reports HAIL of penny size (M0.75 INCH) at 06:37 AM CDT — on the northeast side of rockford. lasted for a period of 5 minutes.

0535 AM     HAIL             1 NE ORFORDVILLE        
03/17/2012  M0.75 INCH       ROCK               WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

0525 AM     HAIL             3 SE EVANSVILLE         03/17/2012  M0.50 INCH       ROCK               WI   TRAINED SPOTTER