5 years ago today, my town was listed in this tornado warning. Skies turned green and were violently rotating above my town shortly after this was issued. BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 722 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTHEASTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHERN KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT... * AT 720 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG ROTATION IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BURLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PINGREE GROVE BY 730 PM... GILBERTS...AND SLEEPY HOLLOW BY 735 PM... WEST DUNDEE...AND ELGIN BY 740 PM... 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! IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAT...LON 4215 8829 4201 8827 4202 8863 4212 8862 TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 258DEG 39KT 4207 8854 $$
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