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City of Ottawa IL
Wednesday March 19th, 2025 :: 12:17 p.m. CDT

Alert

Tornado Watch until 09:00PM Wednesday

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 57 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /10 PM EDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS LIVINGSTON IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS FORD IROQUOIS IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS LA SALLE IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS GRUNDY KANKAKEE KENDALL WILL IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA BENTON NEWTON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BOLINGBROOK, BOURBONNAIS, COAL CITY, DWIGHT, FAIRBURY, FOWLER, GIBSON CITY, GILMAN, JOLIET, KANKAKEE, KENTLAND, LA SALLE, MARSEILLES, MENDOTA, MINOOKA, MOROCCO, MORRIS, OSWEGO, OTTAWA, OXFORD, PAXTON, PLANO, PONTIAC, ROSELAWN, STREATOR, WATSEKA, WILMINGTON, AND YORKVILLE.

* AFFECTED AREAS: FORD, IL ... GRUNDY, IL ... IROQUOIS, IL ... KANKAKEE, IL ... KENDALL, IL ... LA SALLE, IL ... LIVINGSTON, IL ... WILL, IL ... BENTON, IN ... NEWTON, IN

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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