Full Notification

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 748 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF AVON...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF GALESBURG...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ABINGDON...FARMINGTON...AVON...YATES CITY...FAIRVIEW...LONDON MILLS...MAQUON...NORRIS...ST. AUGUSTINE...ELLISVILLE...DELONG AND MIDDLE GROVE. HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH

* AFFECTED AREAS: FULTON ... KNOX

Instructions:

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.