Severe Thunderstorm Warning ![](/static/Citizen-24_02_1/img/public/msg_expiration.png)
National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for our area. What we know: * Until 915 PM CDT. * At 801 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Rockton to Rockford Airport to near Davis Junction to near Ashton, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Aurora, Rockford, Elgin, DeKalb, Bartlett, Crystal Lake, Carpentersville, St. Charles, Algonquin, Lake in the Hills, West Chicago, McHenry, Batavia, Belvidere, Woodstock, Huntley, Loves Park, Machesney Park, Geneva, Sycamore, Campton Hills, Roscoe, Fox Lake, Harvard, and Island Lake. Instructions 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 100 AM CDT for north central and northeastern Illinois.
Instructions:
* Until 915 PM CDT.
* At 801 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Rockton to Rockford Airport to near Davis
Junction to near Ashton, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Aurora, Rockford, Elgin, DeKalb, Bartlett, Crystal Lake,
Carpentersville, St. Charles, Algonquin, Lake in the Hills, West
Chicago, McHenry, Batavia, Belvidere, Woodstock, Huntley, Loves
Park, Machesney Park, Geneva, Sycamore, Campton Hills, Roscoe, Fox
Lake, Harvard, and Island Lake.
Instructions
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 100 AM CDT for north central
and northeastern Illinois.
Address/Location
City of Aurora, IL
44 E Downer Pl
Aurora, IL 60505
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 630-256-4636
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning