NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WINNEBAGO COUNTY UNTIL 3PM. 
* AT 151 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES WEST OF WINSLOW TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLETA TO 18 MILES WEST OF TAMPICO...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION....GIVEN THE FAST MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS...EXPECT SEVERE WINDS TO ARRIVE VERY QUICKLY ALONG THER LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAYFROM WINDOWS!
Address/Location
Rockton Police Department
110 E Main St
Rockton, IL 61072
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 815-624-4351
Stephen Dickson
Police
[email protected]
815-624-8881