In what seems to becoming a nasty pattern as of late, The National Weather Service had placed the entire area under a SLIGHT RISK for Severe Weather Thursday.
With temps climbing close to 90 on Thursday, Showers and Thunderstorms are more and more likely.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 115 AM CDT...
* AT 1223 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG ROTATION IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BELVIDERE...MOVING EAST AT 51 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HARVARD BY 1240 AM... WOODSTOCK BY 1245 AM... HEBRON BY 1250 AM... WONDER LAKE...MCCULLOM LAKE...AND 6 MILES NORTH OF MCHENRY BY 1255 AM... SPRING GROVE...RICHMOND...PISTAKEE HIGHLANDS...AND SUNNYSIDE BY 100 AM...
TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.
There was horrible storms where I live last night. It had the worst lightning I had ever seen, and apparently, there was rotation in the clouds above me. We were under tornado warning for quite a while.