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2015 [KLOT] CHICAGO Tornado (TO) Warning (W) Number 8
Listing of Counties/Parishes/Zones Included in Product
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Storm Based Warning History
153
WFUS53 KLOT 092358
TORLOT
ILC007-037-141-201-100045-
/O.NEW.KLOT.TO.W.0008.150409T2358Z-150410T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
658 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN OGLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 657 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HILLCREST...OR JUST NORTHWEST OF ROCHELLE AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
KIRKLAND AROUND 715 PM CDT.
KINGSTON AROUND 720 PM CDT.
GENOA AROUND 725 PM CDT.
THIS TORNADO WILL CROSS INTERSTATE 39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 101 AND
115.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
&&
LAT...LON 4190 8914 4198 8920 4225 8894 4207 8870
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 229DEG 38KT 4199 8909
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
IZZI138
WWUS53 KLOT 100010
SVSLOT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
710 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
ILC007-037-141-201-100045-
/O.CON.KLOT.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150410T0045Z/
DE KALB IL-BOONE IL-OGLE IL-WINNEBAGO IL-
710 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN DE KALB...SOUTHWESTERN BOONE...EAST CENTRAL OGLE AND
SOUTHEASTERN WINNEBAGO COUNTIES...
AT 709 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF KIRKLAND...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ROCKFORD AIRPORT... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. A SECOND TORNADO
COULD FORM JUST EAST OF THE CURRENT TORNADO AND COME VERY CLOSE TO
THE TOWN OF KIRKLAND.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
KIRKLAND AROUND 715 PM CDT.
KINGSTON AROUND 720 PM CDT.
GENOA AROUND 725 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE DAVIS
JUNCTION.
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...
I-39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 104 AND 115.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
&&
LAT...LON 4198 8904 4208 8910 4225 8894 4207 8870
4200 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 230DEG 39KT 4208 8895
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
IZZI978
WWUS53 KLOT 100021
SVSLOT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
721 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
ILC141-201-100030-
/O.CAN.KLOT.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150410T0045Z/
OGLE IL-WINNEBAGO IL-
721 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL OGLE AND SOUTHEASTERN
WINNEBAGO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 4209 8873 4206 8894 4218 8894 4221 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 229DEG 38KT 4192 8949
$$
ILC007-037-100045-
/O.CON.KLOT.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150410T0045Z/
DE KALB IL-BOONE IL-
721 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN DE KALB AND SOUTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTIES...
AT 720 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR DIXON...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN DE KALB AND SOUTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
&&
LAT...LON 4209 8873 4206 8894 4218 8894 4221 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 229DEG 38KT 4192 8949
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
IZZI833
WWUS53 KLOT 100045
SVSLOT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
745 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
ILC007-037-100055-
/O.EXP.KLOT.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150410T0045Z/
DE KALB IL-BOONE IL-
745 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DE KALB AND SOUTHWESTERN
BOONE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL LIKELY WITH APPROACHING STORMS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4209 8873 4206 8894 4218 8894 4221 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 229DEG 38KT 4192 8949
$$
BMDPermalink to 201504092358-KLOT-WFUS53-TORLOT
153
WFUS53 KLOT 092358
TORLOT
ILC007-037-141-201-100045-
/O.NEW.KLOT.TO.W.0008.150409T2358Z-150410T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
658 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN OGLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 657 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HILLCREST...OR JUST NORTHWEST OF ROCHELLE AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
KIRKLAND AROUND 715 PM CDT.
KINGSTON AROUND 720 PM CDT.
GENOA AROUND 725 PM CDT.
THIS TORNADO WILL CROSS INTERSTATE 39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 101 AND
115.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
&&
LAT...LON 4190 8914 4198 8920 4225 8894 4207 8870
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 229DEG 38KT 4199 8909
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
IZZIPermalink to 201504100010-KLOT-WWUS53-SVSLOT
138
WWUS53 KLOT 100010
SVSLOT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
710 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
ILC007-037-141-201-100045-
/O.CON.KLOT.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150410T0045Z/
DE KALB IL-BOONE IL-OGLE IL-WINNEBAGO IL-
710 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN DE KALB...SOUTHWESTERN BOONE...EAST CENTRAL OGLE AND
SOUTHEASTERN WINNEBAGO COUNTIES...
AT 709 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF KIRKLAND...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ROCKFORD AIRPORT... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. A SECOND TORNADO
COULD FORM JUST EAST OF THE CURRENT TORNADO AND COME VERY CLOSE TO
THE TOWN OF KIRKLAND.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
KIRKLAND AROUND 715 PM CDT.
KINGSTON AROUND 720 PM CDT.
GENOA AROUND 725 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE DAVIS
JUNCTION.
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...
I-39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 104 AND 115.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
&&
LAT...LON 4198 8904 4208 8910 4225 8894 4207 8870
4200 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 230DEG 39KT 4208 8895
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
IZZIPermalink to 201504100021-KLOT-WWUS53-SVSLOT
978
WWUS53 KLOT 100021
SVSLOT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
721 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
ILC141-201-100030-
/O.CAN.KLOT.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150410T0045Z/
OGLE IL-WINNEBAGO IL-
721 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL OGLE AND SOUTHEASTERN
WINNEBAGO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 4209 8873 4206 8894 4218 8894 4221 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 229DEG 38KT 4192 8949
$$
ILC007-037-100045-
/O.CON.KLOT.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150410T0045Z/
DE KALB IL-BOONE IL-
721 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN DE KALB AND SOUTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTIES...
AT 720 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR DIXON...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN DE KALB AND SOUTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
&&
LAT...LON 4209 8873 4206 8894 4218 8894 4221 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 229DEG 38KT 4192 8949
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
IZZIPermalink to 201504100045-KLOT-WWUS53-SVSLOT
833
WWUS53 KLOT 100045
SVSLOT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
745 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
ILC007-037-100055-
/O.EXP.KLOT.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150410T0045Z/
DE KALB IL-BOONE IL-
745 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DE KALB AND SOUTHWESTERN
BOONE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL LIKELY WITH APPROACHING STORMS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4209 8873 4206 8894 4218 8894 4221 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 229DEG 38KT 4192 8949
$$
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