Full Notification

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHERN MENARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 757 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF ST. DAVID TO CHANDLERVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PEKIN...HAVANA...MASON CITY...MORTON...TREMONT...DELAVAN... MANITO...SOUTH PEKIN...GREEN VALLEY...SAN JOSE...BATH...EASTON... KILBOURNE...DILLON...FOREST CITY...LIVERPOOL...TOPEKA...CHATAUQUA PARK...POPLAR CITY AND GOOFY RIDGE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 155 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 22 AND 29. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...1.75IN WIND...70MPH

* AFFECTED AREAS: CASS ... FULTON ... MASON ... MENARD ... TAZEWELL

Instructions:

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.