Full Notification

SVRILX The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Coles County in east central Illinois... West central Edgar County in east central Illinois... Southeastern Moultrie County in central Illinois... Northwestern Jasper County in southeastern Illinois... Northwestern Clark County in east central Illinois... Southeastern Shelby County in central Illinois... Cumberland County in east central Illinois... Southeastern Champaign County in east central Illinois... Douglas County in east central Illinois... Eastern Effingham County in south central Illinois...

* Until 100 PM CDT.

* At 1230 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Philo to Charleston to near Watson, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Charleston, Greenup, Toledo, Villa Grove, Oakland, Ashmore, Dieterich, Camargo, Jewett, and Montrose around 1235 PM CDT. Homer, Newman, Westfield, and Broadlands around 1240 PM CDT. Hidalgo around 1245 PM CDT. This includes the following highways... Interstate 57 between mile markers 147 and 219. Interstate 70 between mile markers 89 and 126.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CHAMPAIGN, IL ... CLARK, IL ... COLES, IL ... CUMBERLAND, IL ... DOUGLAS, IL ... EDGAR, IL ... EFFINGHAM, IL ... JASPER, IL ... MOULTRIE, 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. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 PM CDT for south central, central, southeastern and east central Illinois.