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Home Return to list Severe Thunderstorm Warning 0025 Issued by the Chicago Forecast Office
Action: New Issued At: 2025-04-02 17:03:05 904 WUUS53 KLOT 022202 SVRLOT ILC075-022230- /O.NEW.KLOT.SV.W.0025.250402T2202Z-250402T2230Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville 502 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025 The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Iroquois County in east central Illinois... * Until 530 PM CDT. * At 502 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Watseka, moving northeast at 60 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Crescent City, Iroquois, Beaverville, Martinton, Donovan, and Watseka. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northeastern and east central Illinois. && LAT...LON 4080 8799 4101 8758 4101 8753 4085 8753 4069 8789 TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 237DEG 51KT 4079 8782 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Doom Action: Continued Issued At: 2025-04-02 17:15:06 401 WWUS53 KLOT 022214 SVSLOT Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville 514 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025 ILC075-022230- /O.CON.KLOT.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-250402T2230Z/ Iroquois IL- 514 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN IROQUOIS COUNTY... At 514 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Martinton, or 9 miles northeast of Watseka, moving northeast at 60 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern Iroquois County, including the following locations... Iroquois, Beaverville, Donovan, and Crescent City. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northeastern and east central Illinois. Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 4101 8758 4101 8753 4085 8753 4069 8789 4091 8778 TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 237DEG 51KT 4089 8762 TORNADO...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ Izzi |