Full Notification

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Western Menard County in central Illinois... Scott County in west central Illinois... Northwestern Sangamon County in central Illinois... Southeastern Cass County in west central Illinois... Morgan County in west central Illinois...

* Until 615 PM CDT.

* At 530 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Chapin, or 7 miles northeast of Winchester, moving northeast at 70 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Emergency management. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near... Jacksonville around 535 PM CDT. Literberry around 540 PM CDT. Alexander around 545 PM CDT. Ashland around 550 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Pleasant Plains, Tallula, Petersburg, Sherman and Athens. This includes the following highways... Interstate 55 between mile markers 97 and 105. Interstate 72 between mile markers 45 and 93, and between mile markers 103 and 110.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CASS, IL ... MENARD, IL ... MORGAN, IL ... SANGAMON, IL ... SCOTT, IL

Instructions:

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for central and west central Illinois. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for central and west central Illinois.