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Shelby County Emergency Management Agency
Wednesday November 2nd, 2016 :: 06:03 p.m. CDT

Alert

Tornado Warning until 06:30PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHWESTERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 558 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH BRIEF TORNADOES AND STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MONTICELLO TO DALTON CITY TO NEAR ASSUMPTION...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SMALL CIRCULATIONS WERE OBSERVED JUST NORTH OF DALTON CITY AND ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CISCO. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES.

* THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR... MONTICELLO AROUND 610 PM CDT. BETHANY AROUND 615 PM CDT. BEMENT AROUND 620 PM CDT. LOVINGTON AROUND 630 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE TORNADIC STORMS INCLUDE MILMINE... LA PLACE...LAKE CITY AND HERVEY CITY. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 159 AND 166. TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...0.00IN

* AFFECTED AREAS: MACON ... MOULTRIE ... PIATT ... 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

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Alert Details

Severity:
Extreme - Extraordinary threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Tornado Warning

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