SEVERE THUNDER STORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GRUNDY COUNTY UNTIL 8:30PM
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville Il
733 PM CDT SAT OCT 14 2017
The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Livingston County in central Illinois...
Southern La Salle County in north central Illinois...
Southern Grundy County in northeastern Illinois...
* Until 830 PM CDT
* At 732 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Wenona to near Toluca to Roanoke, moving east
at 75 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Streator, Pontiac, Dwight, Fairbury, Chenoa, Gardner, Gridley,
Forrest, Chatsworth, Flanagan, Wenona, Odell, Braceville, Cullom,
South Wilmington, Cornell, Saunemin, Ransom, Rutland and Kangley.
Including the following interstates...
I-39 near mile marker 41.
I-55 between mile markers 188 and 229.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Chicago.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for central, north
central and northeastern Illinois.
LAT...LON 4075 8893 4093 8893 4093 8905 4110 8905
4111 8913 4122 8824 4075 8824
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 252DEG 66KT 4108 8912 4096 8908 4079 8919
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
Instructions:
SEEK SHELTER INDOORS
Address/Location
Grundy County IL Emergency Management Agency
1320 Union St
Morris, IL 60450
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 815-941-3212
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning