BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
715 PM CDT SUN AUG 02 2011
LARGE, VIOLENT, AND DEADLY TORNADO CONFIRMED TO TOUCH THE GROUND. THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR THE WARNED AREA.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
*TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTHCENTRAL ILLINOIS...
BOONE COUNTY IN NORTHCENTRAL ILLINOIS...
*UNTIL 815 PM CDT...
*AT 715 PM CDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND TRAINED STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A CONFIRMED LARGE, VIOLENT, AND DEADLY TORNADO NEAR BELVEDERE, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
*THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR MCHENRY, DEKALB, AND BOONE COUNTY. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IS ALREADY OCCURING WITH THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD... DEADLY TORNADO.
SOURCE... LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A LARGE MULTIVORTEX TORNADO NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF APPLETON ROAD AND LOGAN AVENUE.
IMPACT... YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS WILL 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.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... BELVEDERE, DEKALB, WOODSTOCK, SYCAMORE, HARVARD, GENOA, MARENGO, HAMPSHIRE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT, A CONFIRMED LARGE, VIOLENT, AND DEADLY TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE, TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME, VEHICLE, OR OUTDOORS, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
A LARGE, VIOLENT, AND DEADLY TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED TO TOUCH THE GROUND. TAKE IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
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LAT...LON 4220 8832 4215 8820 4206 8820 4196 8820
4186 8815 4186 8882 4212 8892 4222 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1215Z 267DEG 40KT 4212 8847
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...EXTREME
HAIL...4.15IN
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LEON