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City of Ottawa IL
Thursday April 2nd, 2026 :: 06:53 p.m. CDT

Alert

Tornado Watch until 11:00PM

TORNADO WATCH 89, PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING, IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS BOONE DE KALB LA SALLE LEE OGLE WINNEBAGO IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS GRUNDY KANE KENDALL MCHENRY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALGONQUIN, AURORA, BELVIDERE, BYRON, COAL CITY, CRYSTAL LAKE, DEKALB, DIXON, ELGIN, LA SALLE, MARSEILLES, MCHENRY, MENDOTA, MINOOKA, MORRIS, OREGON, OSWEGO, OTTAWA, PLANO, ROCHELLE, ROCKFORD, STREATOR, SYCAMORE, WOODSTOCK, AND YORKVILLE.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BOONE, IL ... DE KALB, IL ... GRUNDY, IL ... KANE, IL ... KENDALL, IL ... LA SALLE, IL ... LEE, IL ... MCHENRY, IL ... OGLE, 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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