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City of Ottawa IL
Saturday April 30th, 2022 :: 01:49 p.m. CDT

Alert

Tornado Watch until 08:00PM Saturday

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 163 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS LIVINGSTON IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS FORD IROQUOIS IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS BOONE DE KALB LA SALLE LEE OGLE WINNEBAGO IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS DUPAGE GRUNDY KANE KANKAKEE KENDALL MCHENRY WILL THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALGONQUIN, AURORA, BELVIDERE, BOLINGBROOK, BOURBONNAIS, BYRON, CAROL STREAM, COAL CITY, CRYSTAL LAKE, DEKALB, DIXON, DOWNERS GROVE, DWIGHT, ELGIN, FAIRBURY, GIBSON CITY, GILMAN, JOLIET, KANKAKEE, LA SALLE, LOMBARD, MARSEILLES, MCHENRY, MENDOTA, MINOOKA, MORRIS, NAPERVILLE, OREGON, OSWEGO, OTTAWA, PAXTON, PLANO, PONTIAC, ROCHELLE, ROCKFORD, STREATOR, SYCAMORE, WATSEKA, WHEATON, WILMINGTON, WOODSTOCK, AND YORKVILLE.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BOONE, IL ... DE KALB, IL ... DUPAGE, IL ... FORD, IL ... GRUNDY, IL ... IROQUOIS, IL ... KANE, IL ... KANKAKEE, IL ... KENDALL, IL ... LA SALLE, IL ... LEE, IL ... LIVINGSTON, IL ... MCHENRY, IL ... OGLE, IL ... WILL, IL ... WINNEBAGO, IL

Address/Location
City of Ottawa IL
301 W Lafayette St
Ottawa, IL 61350

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 815-433-2131

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Alert Details

Severity:
Extreme - Extraordinary threat to life or property
Urgency:
Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
Certainty:
Possible (p <= ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Tornado Watch

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