Sunday, May 20, 2012

WARNING -- Severe Thunderstorms And Hail

.A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
LAKE & MCHENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT.

AT 417 PM CDT.NATL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.& DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HEBRON TO BULL VALLEY.MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

IN ADDITION.AT 400 PM..70 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED BY A TRAINED
WEATHER SPOTTER IN MARENGO. WITH THESE STORMS. FURTHERMORE.QUARTER
SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN WOODSTOCK.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR.SUNNYSIDE.SPRING GROVE.RICHMOND & PISTAKEE HIGHLANDS AROUND 430 PM CDT.
FOX LAKE AROUND 435 PM CDT.
LAKE CATHERINE.CHANNEL LAKE & ANTIOCH AROUND 440 PM CDT.

THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED.
CHAIN O LAKES STATE PARK & MCHENRY COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR.LARGE HAIL.DEADLY LIGHTNING.& 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.

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