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AUGUST 24, 2004

TORNADO WARNING

BULL VALLEY, IL (MCHENRY COUNTY)

There is additional information about this storm coming soon.. we have video of the damage the tornado had done to the model homes.

TORNADO WARNING
ILC089-111-250000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
620 PM CDT TUE AUG 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 617 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO AND RADAR INDICATED
ROTATION IN A THUNDERSTORM TWO AN HALF MILES NORTHWEST OF
BURLINGTON ILLINOIS. THE OTHER THUNDERSTORM IS 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF BURLINGTON ILLINOIS. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS PRODUCING A TORNADO
AT 620 PM CDT. THE TORNADO IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
PIPER CITY AROUND 625 PM CDT.
HUNTLEY AROUND 630 PM CDT.
GILBERTS AROUND 635 PM CDT.
LAKEWOOD AROUND 640 PM CDT.
WORDEN AROUND 645 PM CDT.
BULL VALLEY AROUND 650 PM CDT.

* THE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF...
PIPER CITY...
HUNTLEY...
GILBERTS...
LAKEWOOD...
WORDEN...
BULL VALLEY...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.
DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR OR SEE THE TORNADO. TAKE SHELTER NOW.

LAT...LON 4215 8859 4194 8850 4217 8820 4244 8834
$$

WILSON

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SHORT TERM FORECAST
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
620 PM CDT TUE AUG 24 2004

ILZ003>005-011-012-250015-
BOONE-DE KALB-KANE-MCHENRY-WINNEBAGO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BELVIDERE...DE KALB...
ROCKFORD...WOODSTOCK
620 PM CDT TUE AUG 24 2004

.NOW...
AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN EASTERN
WINNEBAGO...BOONE...NORTHEASTERN DE KALB...NORTHERN KANE AND
MCHENRY COUNTIES THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH WITH
LARGE HAIL...LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS. THESE ARE DUE TO AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING
OVER THE REGION.

$$

CM

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
300 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004

...AUGUST 24 TORNADOES...

SEVERAL SMALL BRIEF TORNADOES STRUCK NORTHERN ILLINOIS TUESDAY
EVENING. METEOROLOGISTS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND NORTHERN
ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SURVEYED THE DAMAGE FROM THESE STORMS. THERE
WERE 4 TORNADOES AND ALL WERE RATED F0 WITH WINDS OF 40 TO 72 MPH.

THE FIRST TORNADO OCCURRED ONE QUARTER MILE SOUTH OF THE
INTERSECTION OF SOMONAUK AND PERRY ROADS AT 555 PM. THIS IS ABOUT
7.1 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEKALB. THE TORNADO DAMAGED CORN THEN CROSSED
PERRY ROAD ABOUT 1/2 MILE EAST OF SOMONAUK ROAD. AT A FARMSTEAD ON
THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD THE ROOF OF AN OLD SILO WAS TAKEN OFF AND
TREE BRANCHES WERE DOWN. NORTH OF PERRY ROAD A BARN DOOR WAS BLOWN
IN. ABOUT 100 YARDS TO THE EAST THERE WAS DAMAGE TO LAWN FURNITURE
AND TREE LIMBS. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST NORTHEAST DAMAGING CORN.
A LARGE TREE LIMB WAS BLOWN DOWN AT HINKLEY ROAD ABOUT 1/4 MILE
NORTH OF PERRY ROAD. THE TORNADO ENDED ON PRITCHARD ROAD BETWEEN
PERRY AND KESLINGER ROADS...OR ABOUT 8.2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEKALB.
THE TORNADO WAS RATED F0 WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 2.8 MILES AND MAXIMUM
WIDTH OF 100 YARDS AND IT LASTED ABOUT 5 MINUTES.

A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BURLINGTON IN RURAL NORTHWEST KANE COUNTY AT 613 PM.
THE TORNADO WAS F0. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE. THE PATH LENGTH IS
ESTIMATED TO BE ONLY ABOUT A TENTH OF A MILE LONG AND PATH WIDTH
ABOUT 10 YARDS.

ANOTHER TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO NEAR ROUTE 47 AND
SILVER GLEN ROAD AT 621 PM. THIS IS ABOUT 5.2 MILES NORTH OF ELBURN.
THE TORNADO WAS RATED F0. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE. THE PATH LENGTH WAS
ESTIMATED TO BE ONLY ABOUT 1 TENTH OF A MILE LONG AND PATH WIDTH
ABOUT 10 YARDS WIDE.

THE FINAL TORNADO BEGAN ABOUT 3.2 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MCHENRY IN
MCHENRY COUNTY AT 710 PM. THE TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGE TO MODEL HOMES
IN THE LEGEND LAKES SUBDIVISION OFF DRAPER ROAD. A GARAGE DOOR WAS
BLOWN IN...WINDOW BLOWN OUT AND SIDING WAS DAMAGED. A NEWLY PLANTED
TREE WAS UPROOTED. NORTH OF THE SUBDIVISION THE TORNADO PEELED OFF
SECTIONS OF ROOFING FROM A CATTLE BARN AND DAMAGED TREES. THERE WAS
ALSO MINOR TREE DAMAGE ON ROUND UP ROAD. THERE WAS NO FURTHER DAMAGE
BUT WITNESSES DESCRIBED THE TORNADO AT A QUARRY ON ROUTE 120 WEST OF
DRAPER ROAD. THE TORNADO LASTED ABOUT 2 MINUTES. IT WAS RATED F0.
THE PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT 8 TENTHS OF A MILE AND PATH WIDTH ABOUT 20
YARDS.

$$
ALLSOPP

SPC storm reports for the day : http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/020824_rpts.html