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MAY 30, 2003

TORNADO WARNING

MCHENRY CO.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
651 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 651 PM CDT...A STORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES WAS 
  LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF HARVARD...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  LOVES PARK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
  DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW VERY STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS
  STORM.

* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HARVARD AROUND 710 PM CDT.
  MARENGO AROUND 715 PM CDT.
  WOODSTOCK AROUND 730 PM CDT.
  BULL VALLEY AROUND 735 PM CDT.
  PRAIRIE GROVE AROUND 740 PM CDT.
  HOLIDAY HILLS AROUND 745 PM CDT.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW!

LAT...LON 4247 8870 4217 8870 4215 8820 4240 8820

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
710 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2003

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MCHENRY COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM
CDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW VERY STRONG
ROTATION JUST ENTERING MCHENRY COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HARVARD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HARVARD AROUND 715 PM CDT.
  MARENGO AROUND 720 PM CDT.
  WOODSTOCK AROUND 730 PM CDT.
  BULL VALLEY AROUND 735 PM CDT.
  PRAIRIE GROVE AROUND 740 PM CDT.
  HOLIDAY HILLS AROUND 745 PM CDT.

IN ADDITION...STRONG DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ARE BECOMING MORE
AND MORE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW!

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SPC storm reports for the day : http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/030530_rpts.html