WUUS53 KLOT 022342 SVRLOT ILC103-141-030000- /O.NEW.KLOT.SV.W.0054.260402T2342Z-260403T0000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville 642 PM CDT Thu Apr 2 2026 The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Lee County in north central Illinois... South central Ogle County in north central Illinois... * Until 700 PM CDT. * At 642 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dixon, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Dixon, Franklin Grove, Lost Nation, Grand Detour, and Nachusa. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for north central Illinois. && LAT...LON 4178 8950 4190 8951 4200 8930 4180 8930 TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 236DEG 42KT 4186 8940 TORNADO...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ Doom