Full Notification

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Jasper County in southeastern Illinois... Southeastern Shelby County in central Illinois... Cumberland County in east central Illinois... Northern Clay County in south central Illinois... Effingham County in south central Illinois...

* Until 415 PM CST.

* At 316 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles north of Brownstown to near Kinmundy, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Altamont, Beecher City, Edgewood and Iola around 330 PM CST. Shumway around 335 PM CST. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Effingham, Stewardson, Bible Grove, Teutopolis, Neoga, Montrose, Jewett, Bogota, Newton, Toledo, Greenup, Ste. Marie, Willow Hill and Hazel Dell. This includes the following highways... Interstate 57 between mile markers 142 and 178. Interstate 70 between mile markers 79 and 126.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CLAY, IL ... CUMBERLAND, IL ... EFFINGHAM, IL ... JASPER, IL ... SHELBY, IL

Instructions:

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CST for south central, central, southeastern and east central Illinois. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in Lincoln.