Tornado Warning until 08:00PM 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 715 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WATSON...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EFFINGHAM...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... WATSON AROUND 725 PM CDT. EFFINGHAM AROUND 735 PM CDT. TEUTOPOLIS AROUND 740 PM CDT. DIETERICH AROUND 750 PM CDT. MONTROSE AROUND 755 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HEARTVILLE...EFFINGHAM COUNTY AIRPORT...LAKE SARA AND SIGEL. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 151 AND 168. INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 84 AND 103. TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...1.25IN
* AFFECTED AREAS: CUMBERLAND ... EFFINGHAM ... SHELBY
Instructions:
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
Address/Location
Shelby County Emergency Management Agency
315 East Main Street
Shelbyville, IL 62565
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 217-774-1499