Full Notification

SVRPAH The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Western White County in southeastern Illinois... Wayne County in south central Illinois... Northwestern Wabash County in southeastern Illinois... Southeastern Jefferson County in south central Illinois... Edwards County in southeastern Illinois... Northern Williamson County in southern Illinois... Northern Saline County in southern Illinois... Hamilton County in south central Illinois... Eastern Franklin County in south central Illinois...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 714 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Xenia to 7 miles south of Bluford to Carterville, moving east at 50 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... Enfield, Whiteash, Mount Erie, Jeffersonville, Burnt Prairie, Muddy, West Frankfort, Spillertown, Eldorado, Cisne, Browns, Pittsburg, Johnsonville, Hanaford, Golden Gate, Freeman Spur, Crainville, Bone Gap, Dahlgren, and Energy. This includes the following highways... Interstate 57 in Illinois between Mile Markers 52 and 69. Interstate 64 in Illinois between Mile Markers 90 and 126.

* AFFECTED AREAS: EDWARDS, IL ... FRANKLIN, IL ... HAMILTON, IL ... JEFFERSON, IL ... SALINE, IL ... WABASH, IL ... WAYNE, IL ... WHITE, IL ... WILLIAMSON, 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. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for south central, southern and southeastern Illinois.