Full Notification

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHWESTERN WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... EASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... STARK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... CENTRAL TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CST

* AT 654 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR GALVA TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAQUON TO ASTORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 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...CANTON...HAVANA...LEWISTOWN...LACON...EAST PEORIA...MORTON...WASHINGTON...BARTONVILLE...CHILLICOTHE...CREVE COEUR...WEST PEORIA...METAMORA...GERMANTOWN HILLS...MARQUETTE HEIGHTS...HENRY...FARMINGTON...TREMONT AND ELMWOOD. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 155 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 31. INTERSTATE 474 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 14. INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 102. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS. HAIL...<.75IN WIND...70MPH

* AFFECTED AREAS: FULTON ... KNOX ... MARSHALL ... MASON ... PEORIA ... STARK ... TAZEWELL ... WOODFORD

Instructions:

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.