Full Notification

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... WESTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1111 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR KNOXVILLE TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CUBA TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROOKLYN...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PEORIA...PEKIN...GALESBURG...CANTON...HAVANA...EAST PEORIA... BARTONVILLE...CREVE COEUR...WEST PEORIA...ABINGDON...KNOXVILLE... MARQUETTE HEIGHTS...FARMINGTON...LEWISTOWN...ELMWOOD...BELLEVUE... PRINCEVILLE...MANITO...DUNLAP AND CUBA. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 474 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 10. INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 45 AND 92. HAIL...<.75IN WIND...70MPH

* AFFECTED AREAS: FULTON ... KNOX ... MASON ... PEORIA ... TAZEWELL

Instructions:

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.