Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Chicago, IL
Issued by NWS Chicago, IL
286 WWUS53 KLOT 220422 SVSLOT Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville 1122 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024 ILC103-220500- /O.CON.KLOT.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-240522T0500Z/ Lee IL- 1122 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR CENTRAL LEE COUNTY... At 1122 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast of Ashton, or 9 miles east of Amboy, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Amboy, Franklin Grove, Ashton, Sublette, Woodhaven Lakes, Lee, Compton, Steward, West Brooklyn, Eldena, and Lee Center. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for north central Illinois. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 4189 8931 4189 8894 4171 8894 4161 8928 4161 8957 TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 238DEG 41KT 4177 8916 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Doom