Full Notification

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN STARK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHWESTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 738 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BRIMFIELD TO TRIVOLI TO NEAR CANTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PEORIA...PEKIN...CANTON...LACON...EAST PEORIA...WASHINGTON... BARTONVILLE...CHILLICOTHE...CREVE COEUR...WEST PEORIA...GERMANTOWN HILLS...MARQUETTE HEIGHTS...HENRY...ELMWOOD...BELLEVUE... PRINCEVILLE...ROME...DUNLAP...HANNA CITY AND GLASFORD. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 474 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 14. INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 68 AND 99. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS. HAIL...1.00IN WIND...70MPH

* AFFECTED AREAS: FULTON ... MARSHALL ... 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.