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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1149 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

ILZ032-033-039-160515-
FORD IL-IROQUOIS IL-LIVINGSTON IL-
1149 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN FORD AND
SOUTHERN IROQUOIS COUNTIES...

AT 1148 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GIBSON CITY TO BUCKLEY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

CITIES AND TOWNS AFFECTED...GIBSON CITY AROUND MIDNIGHT...ELLIOTT
AROUND 1210 AM...CISSNA PARK...CLAYTONVILLE AND LODA AROUND 1215 AM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AND
POOR VISIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE
STORMS HAVE PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 4045 8846 4046 8847 4059 8846 4065 8799
      4059 8760 4049 8764 4048 8793 4040 8793
      4039 8819
TIME...MOT...LOC 0448Z 271DEG 29KT 4053 8852 4060 8806

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