Full Notification

SVRILX The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Menard County in central Illinois... Northwestern Sangamon County in central Illinois... Cass County in west central Illinois... Mason County in central Illinois... Northern Morgan County in west central Illinois...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 630 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Mason City to near Chapin, moving east at 55 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.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Petersburg, Ashland, Greenview, Chapin, Tallula, and Literberry around 635 PM CDT. Athens and Pleasant Plains around 640 PM CDT. Williamsville around 650 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Sherman, Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, Springfield and Illinois State Fairgrounds. This includes the following highways... Interstate 55 between mile markers 97 and 107. Interstate 72 between mile markers 103 and 105.

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

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for central and west central Illinois.