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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 10:05 PM Jun. 24, 2026 – National Weather Service
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 387 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS LIVINGSTON IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS BOONE DE KALB LA SALLE LEE OGLE WINNEBAGO IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS GRUNDY KANE KENDALL LAKE IL MCHENRY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALGONQUIN, AURORA, BELVIDERE, BUFFALO GROVE, BYRON, COAL CITY, CRYSTAL LAKE, DEKALB, DIXON, DWIGHT, ELGIN, FAIRBURY, GURNEE, LA SALLE, MARSEILLES, MCHENRY, MENDOTA, MINOOKA, MORRIS, MUNDELEIN, OREGON, OSWEGO, OTTAWA, PLANO, PONTIAC, ROCHELLE, ROCKFORD, STREATOR, SYCAMORE, WAUKEGAN, WOODSTOCK, AND YORKVILLE.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 9:54 PM Jun. 24, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Western McHenry County in northeastern Illinois... Boone County in north central Illinois... * Until 545 PM CDT. * At 454 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near South Beloit to Loves Park to near Rockford, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Belvidere, Woodstock, Loves Park, Harvard, Marengo, Poplar Grove, Candlewick Lake, Cherry Valley, Sharon, Capron, Timberlane, Union, Garden Prairie, Chemung, and Caledonia. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && TORNADO...POSSIBLE; HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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