Full Notification

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS... NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS... NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... EASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 417 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR STEWARDSON TO NEAR SAILOR SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 45 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... EFFINGHAM...NEWTON...TOLEDO...CASEY...TEUTOPOLIS...GREENUP...WATSON... STEWARDSON...DIETERICH...BIBLE GROVE...STE. MARIE...WILLOW HILL... JEWETT...SHUMWAY...MONTROSE...WHEELER...HIDALGO...SAILOR SPRINGS... INGRAHAM AND HAZEL DELL. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 155 AND 175. INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND 126. TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...1.00IN WIND...70MPH

* AFFECTED AREAS: CLAY ... CUMBERLAND ... EFFINGHAM ... JASPER ... RICHLAND ... SHELBY

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 NATURES 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.