WFUS53 KLOT 161458
TORLOT
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO ILLINOIS
2:58 PM CDT
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A...
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WINNEBAGO AND BOONE COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 3:43 PM CDT.
* AT 2:58 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKFORD, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD... DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE... RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT... FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO ROOFS... WINDOWS... AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR ROCKFORD AROUND 3:43 PM CDT.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... ADJACENT UNINCORPORATED METROPOLITAN COMMUNITES.
* THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 18.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS... IN A MOBILE HOME... OR IN A VEHICLE... MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.