Full Notification

SVRILX The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Shelby County in central Illinois... Clay County in south central Illinois... Effingham County in south central Illinois...

* Until 815 PM CDT.

* At 720 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Cowden to near Kinmundy, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Altamont and Beecher City around 725 PM CDT. Edgewood and Shumway around 730 PM CDT. Stewardson and Mason around 735 PM CDT. Effingham, Watson, and Heartville around 740 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Teutopolis, Louisville, Bible Grove, Dieterich, Montrose and Sailor Springs. This includes the following highways... Interstate 57 between mile markers 142 and 172. Interstate 70 between mile markers 79 and 104.

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

Instructions:

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.