Full Notification

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Fulton County in west central Illinois... Stark County in north central Illinois... Knox County in west central Illinois... Schuyler County in west central Illinois... Peoria County in central Illinois...

* Until 930 AM CDT.

* At 819 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Andalusia to Kirkwood to near Warsaw, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include... Peoria, Pekin, Galesburg, Canton, Rushville, Lewistown, East Peoria, Bartonville, Chillicothe, Creve Coeur, West Peoria, Abingdon, Knoxville, Farmington, Elmwood, Bellevue, Princeville, Rome, Wyoming and Dunlap. This includes the following highways... Interstate 474 between mile markers 0 and 8. Interstate 74 between mile markers 35 and 93.

* AFFECTED AREAS: KNOX, IL ... PEORIA, IL ... STARK, IL ... SCHUYLER, IL ... FULTON, IL

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.