1/2 mile wide tornado in La Salle County
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 5:10 pm
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
600 PM CDT TUE APR 20 2004
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LA SALLE COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM
CDT...
AT 600 PM CDT THE STORM WITH STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PERU...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NORTH UTICA AROUND 605 PM CDT.
NAPLATE AROUND 610 PM CDT.
OTTAWA AROUND 615 PM CDT.
AT 600 PM CDT A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A HALF MILE WIDE
TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT INTERSTATE 37 AT OGLESBY.
GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OR TO A BASEMENT. ABANDON
VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES FOR STURDY SHELTER NOW.
LAT...LON 4141 8917 4119 8917 4132 8876 4152 8889
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
600 PM CDT TUE APR 20 2004
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LA SALLE COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM
CDT...
AT 600 PM CDT THE STORM WITH STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PERU...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NORTH UTICA AROUND 605 PM CDT.
NAPLATE AROUND 610 PM CDT.
OTTAWA AROUND 615 PM CDT.
AT 600 PM CDT A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A HALF MILE WIDE
TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT INTERSTATE 37 AT OGLESBY.
GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OR TO A BASEMENT. ABANDON
VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES FOR STURDY SHELTER NOW.
LAT...LON 4141 8917 4119 8917 4132 8876 4152 8889